carbuncularadj.

Brit.

/kɑːˈbʌŋkjᵿlə/, U.S.

/kɑrˈbəŋkjələr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin carbunculus , -ar suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin carbunculus carbuncle n. + -ar suffix¹. Compare earlier carbunculous adj., carbuncled adj., and slightly later carbuncly adj.

Of the nature of or resembling a carbuncle (carbuncle n. 3); characterized by carbuncles; pustular, pimply. Also: of or relating to a carbuncle.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil

phlegmonic?a1425

phlegmonous?c1425

carbunculous1543

carbuncular1722

phlegmonoid1751

furuncular1849

carbunculate1854

furunculoid1860

1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 26 The Liver also was very large, and of a livid Colour, with a Carbuncular Pustule on the side of the Gall Bladder.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. 78 Who ow'd the carbuncular Richness of their Phyz to..Drinking.

1754 H. Walpole Let. 7 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 67 Such a carbuncular state of blood, as carried off my brother.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. viii. 121 Sticking his fork into a large carbuncular potatoe.

1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 422/2 Carbuncular germs in the soil.

1918 W. R. Blair in E. L. D. Seymour Farm Knowl. I. xxxix. 429 This form of anthrax..may occur in man as malignant pustule, or carbuncular anthrax.

1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land in Criterion Oct. 57 He, the young man carbuncular, arrives.

1988 Amer. Lit. 60 379 In New York he meets a certain Major Spratt, a drunken, carbuncular, phthisical looking poet.

2005 Jrnl. Feline Med. & Surg. 7 245 (table) Bacillus anthracis..carbuncular lesions of jowl and tongue, swelling of lips, head and throat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	carbuncular
释义	carbuncularadj. Brit. /kɑːˈbʌŋkjᵿlə/, U.S. /kɑrˈbəŋkjələr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin carbunculus , -ar suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin carbunculus carbuncle n. + -ar suffix¹. Compare earlier carbunculous adj., carbuncled adj., and slightly later carbuncly adj. Of the nature of or resembling a carbuncle (carbuncle n. 3); characterized by carbuncles; pustular, pimply. Also: of or relating to a carbuncle. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil phlegmonic?a1425 phlegmonous?c1425 carbunculous1543 carbuncular1722 phlegmonoid1751 furuncular1849 carbunculate1854 furunculoid1860 1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 26 The Liver also was very large, and of a livid Colour, with a Carbuncular Pustule on the side of the Gall Bladder. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. 78 Who ow'd the carbuncular Richness of their Phyz to..Drinking. 1754 H. Walpole Let. 7 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 67 Such a carbuncular state of blood, as carried off my brother. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. viii. 121 Sticking his fork into a large carbuncular potatoe. 1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 422/2 Carbuncular germs in the soil. 1918 W. R. Blair in E. L. D. Seymour Farm Knowl. I. xxxix. 429 This form of anthrax..may occur in man as malignant pustule, or carbuncular anthrax. 1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land in Criterion Oct. 57 He, the young man carbuncular, arrives. 1988 Amer. Lit. 60 379 In New York he meets a certain Major Spratt, a drunken, carbuncular, phthisical looking poet. 2005 Jrnl. Feline Med. & Surg. 7 245 (table) Bacillus anthracis..carbuncular lesions of jowl and tongue, swelling of lips, head and throat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1722
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