carbuncledadj.
/ˈkɑːbʌŋkld/, U.S. /ˈkɑrˌbəŋkəld/ Now chiefly literary.† 2. Of earth: hard and parched. Cf. carbuncle n. 4. Obsolete. rare.
1. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; red or shining like a carbuncle. Frequently with reference to carbuncle n. 3b: (of the face or nose) marked with red pimples or spots.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil > affected with
sauceflemec1386
sauceflemeda1450
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carbuncled1569
saucy1600
bubukled1822
carbunculated1842
carbunculate1854
carbuncly1922
1569 T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings f. 20 For this congregation of hipocrites, notwithstanding their copper faces, and carbuncled noses [Fr. Nez cramoisy & escharbonclé], through their vnmeasurable gluttony and dronkennesse, are yet in their soule pale..as vnholsom & dead bodies.
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. C4v The Armado of pimpled, deep scarletted, rubified, and carbuncled faces.
1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. E2v A carbuncled face Saves a tedious race, For the Indias about us we carry.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 Our Friend is to drink till he is carbuncled, and Tun-bellied.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy ii. 12 A sleepy eye, a rubicund face, and carbuncled nose.
1827 Lancet 28 July 521/2 This third horse died in five days by a carbuncled tumour which appeared at the point of inoculation.
1845 Nonconformist 5 181 Look at that carbuncled nose, and those trembling hands.
1925 S. Sherman in N.Y. Herald Tribune 13 Sept. v. 3/3 She submitted quietly to the embrace of the hard-eyed, carbuncled shyster Ivy Peters.
1983 Times 1 Sept. 13/4 Mr MacDonald, his face pock-marked and carbuncled, his lips liver-coloured, looked more and more like Bela Lugosi.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert > waterless
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unwatered1600
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starkc1740
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dry land1893
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 24 Carbunckled [land][L. Terra..Carbunculata], that is burnt with the sonne, rotten and mossie.
3. Set or adorned with carbuncles (carbuncle n. 1).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [adjective] > red or orange stone
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 28 Carbunkled Like holy Phoebus Carre. View more context for this quotation
1895 Granville (Ohio) Times 3 Jan. Walls once emeralded and sapphired and carbuncled and diamonded.
1929 H. Allen New Legends 14 Carbuncled heron plumes for tall panaches.
2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Apr. 13 The lavish colours and frenetically carbuncled gold-work of this cultural centre.
4. In extended use: covered with lumps or protuberances resembling carbuncles (carbuncle n. 3). Cf. carbuncle n. 5.
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1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. I. xxi. 343 The top of the head [of the iguana] is livid, and is carbuncled like the throat of a Turkey Cock.
1778 J. Abercrombie Universal Gardener & Botanist at Cucumis Melo Large Black Carbuncled or Black-rock Cantaleupe Melon,..having the surface covered with high, rugged, saxtile protuberances.
1805 Naval Chron. 14 368 The carbuncled appendages [in a cuttle-fish] might be tentacles.
a1869 R. Leighton Reuben & Other Poems (1875) 174 The same old carbuncled beak..May be heard in the Rookery croaking to-day.
1924 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 78 Their carbuncled, cupolated tops.
2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxi. 224 The lightning flashed, the brassy light revealing carbuncled underclouds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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