CARBUNCLED

carbuncled

(adjective) set with carbuncles

carbuncled, carbuncular

(adjective) afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

carbuncled (comparative more carbuncled, superlative most carbuncled)

Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).

Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.

Source: Wiktionary


Car"bun*cled, a.

1. Set with carbuncles. He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled Like holy Phabus' car. Shak.

2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. "A carbuncled face." Brome.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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