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carbuncular, a.|kɑːˈbʌŋkjʊlə(r)|
[f. L. carbuncul-us carbuncle + -ar1.]
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by carbuncles.
1737Ozell Rabelais II. 78 Who ow'd the carbuncular Richness of their Phyz to..Drinking. 1754Walpole Lett. H. Mann No. 252 (1834) III. 63 Such a carbuncular state of blood as carried off my brother. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop viii, Sticking his fork into a carbuncular potatoe. 1882Pop. Sci. Monthly 422 Carbuncular germs in the soil. |