单词 | carbuncly |
释义 | carbunclyadj. Now chiefly literary. Of or resembling a carbuncle; bearing carbuncles. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] redeOE reodeOE ruddya1398 reddy?c1400 purple1415 rougea1425 redly1486 gules1503 red-coloured1547 guly1592 blushing1597 angrya1616 rubric1623 minious1646 nacarinea1648 ruddle1649 rubriform1704 carbuncly?1730 blushful1804 envermeiled1822 ablush1852 flammulated1872 pyrrhous1890 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil > affected with sauceflemec1386 sauceflemeda1450 sauceline1537 boily1559 carbuncled1569 saucy1600 bubukled1822 carbunculated1842 carbunculate1854 carbuncly1922 ?1730 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Della Architettura: Architecture I. ii. xii. f. 35/2 Pit-sand..is of several kinds.., the carbuncly [It. incarbonchiata], and the gritty. 1789 J. Abercrombie Compl. Kitchen Gardener 220 The Cantaleupe is..singular in its rugged carbuncly rind. 1837 Bentley's Misc. May 446 A remedy..which infallibly cures carbuncly noses. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 74 Their combs and wattles became of a deep carbuncly red. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 339 His carbuncly nose with the pimples on it. 1990 F. Fisher Bones 243 His buildings and cars and shiny pedestrians had a gnarled, carbuncly look to them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1730 |
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