单词 | carbuncle |
释义 | carbuncle/ˈkɑːbʌŋk(ə)l![]() noun 1A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses, inflamed acne, cellulitis and other local inflammations....
Synonyms boil, blister, sore, abscess, pustule, pimple, spot, wart, papule, wen, whitlow, canker; swelling, lump, growth, outgrowth, eruption, infection, inflammation; Scottish plook technical vesication, furuncle 2A bright red gem, in particular a garnet cut en cabochon.But the buckle on her belt was the shape of a circle of thorns surrounding a bright red carbuncle, like the tattoo on the nape of her neck....
Derivativescarbuncular![]()
OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): from Old French charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus 'small coal', from carbo 'coal, charcoal'. |
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