imposthumen.

/ɪmˈpɒstjʊm/

Forms:

α. Middle English emposteme, Middle English empostym, Middle English empostyme, Middle English–1500s empostem, 1500s empostome, 1500s–1600s empostume.

β. Middle English enposteme, Middle English enpostym, Middle English enpostyme.

γ. Middle English imposteme, 1500s– impostume, 1700s impostem.

δ. 1500s– imposthume, 1600s imposthim.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empostume.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French empostume, enpostume (14th cent.), alterations (with prefix substitution: see em- prefix, en- prefix¹) of apostume , variant of aposteme aposteme n. (compare β. forms at that entry).With the form of the prefix shown by the γ. and δ. forms compare im- prefix¹. The unetymological -h- shown by the second element of the δ. forms apparently reflects confusion between postume n. and post-classical Latin posthumus posthumous adj. and related words (compare posthume n. and adj.).

Now rare.

1. A purulent swelling or cyst in any part of the body; an abscess.

ΘΚΠ

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

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felon1340

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exiturea1400

imposthumec1400

buboc1425

impostumation1524

ancome1538

meliceris1562

undimy1562

rising1568

abscess1574

abscession1583

nail1600

the worm1607

apostematea1627

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 4 Contents Cap. iiij of emposteme undire þe rote of þe ere.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 38 As it schal be teld in þe chapitle of an enpostyme [MS. B. aposteme].

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 52 An enpostym.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 54 Enpostemes.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 214 (heading) Of empostyms of þe heed.

1483 Cath. Angl. 195/1 An Imposteme, apostema.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cv. [ci.] 307 By gambaldyng of the horse the impostume brake in his body.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj^v As though he had died of a palsey or empostome.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Imposthume, or botche, or course of euil humours.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxiii. 93 Empostems, wennes, or harde swellings about the eares and throte.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 440 When the disease was ripe, he lets out the impostume.

1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 13 An Error in the judgment, is like an impostume in the Head.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 228 Producing sometimes inward Imposthumes.

1739 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 327 Morbid Impostems or Tumors.

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 238 A Suppuration, which they call an Impostume.

1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. iii. 249 An imposthume in his brain, occasioned by too much study.

2. figurative.

a. With reference to moral corruption in the individual, or insurrection in the state: A moral or political ‘festering sore’; the ‘swelling’ of pride, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > stain of, defilement

wem?c1225

tachec1330

tackc1425

imposthume1565

deformityc1571

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > corruption > a morbid moral condition

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maladyc1385

disease1509

lepry1526

boil1537

leprosy?1555

imposthume1565

gangrene1588

ulcer1592

diseasedness1614

lesion1640

unwholesomeness1881

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 38^v It openeth the festered sores, the pestilent impostumes of our ill desires.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 234 The three Impostumes of the world, namely, Warres, Famine, and Pestilence.

1685 R. Youngs in T. Sprat Relat. Late Wicked Contrivance (1693) ii. 97 Several Imposthims they like~wise haue sent abroad, which I can prove.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 177 To hinder the impostume of bad humour from breaking.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 276 This most absurd and abusive imposthume upon an absurd and abusive system was called the Paulette.

1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 36 The imposthume I prick to relieve thee of,—Vanity!

†b. Applied to a gathering cloud or its contents.

ΚΠ

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars ii. xv. 29 From the swolne fluxure of the clouds doth shake A ranke Impostume vpon euery Lake.

†c. Applied to a person swollen with pride or insolence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [noun] > person swollen with pride

puffin1612

imposthumea1625

bloat1860

a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn/2 Dost thou know me bladder, Thou insolent impostume?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	imposthume
释义	imposthumen. /ɪmˈpɒstjʊm/ Forms: α. Middle English emposteme, Middle English empostym, Middle English empostyme, Middle English–1500s empostem, 1500s empostome, 1500s–1600s empostume. β. Middle English enposteme, Middle English enpostym, Middle English enpostyme. γ. Middle English imposteme, 1500s– impostume, 1700s impostem. δ. 1500s– imposthume, 1600s imposthim. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empostume. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French empostume, enpostume (14th cent.), alterations (with prefix substitution: see em- prefix, en- prefix¹) of apostume , variant of aposteme aposteme n. (compare β. forms at that entry).With the form of the prefix shown by the γ. and δ. forms compare im- prefix¹. The unetymological -h- shown by the second element of the δ. forms apparently reflects confusion between postume n. and post-classical Latin posthumus posthumous adj. and related words (compare posthume n. and adj.). Now rare. 1. A purulent swelling or cyst in any part of the body; an abscess. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess aposteme1340 felon1340 postumea1398 exiturea1400 imposthumec1400 buboc1425 impostumation1524 ancome1538 meliceris1562 undimy1562 rising1568 abscess1574 abscession1583 nail1600 the worm1607 apostematea1627 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 4 Contents Cap. iiij of emposteme undire þe rote of þe ere. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 38 As it schal be teld in þe chapitle of an enpostyme [MS. B. aposteme]. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 52 An enpostym. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 54 Enpostemes. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 214 (heading) Of empostyms of þe heed. 1483 Cath. Angl. 195/1 An Imposteme, apostema. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cv. [ci.] 307 By gambaldyng of the horse the impostume brake in his body. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj^v As though he had died of a palsey or empostome. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Imposthume, or botche, or course of euil humours. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lxiii. 93 Empostems, wennes, or harde swellings about the eares and throte. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 440 When the disease was ripe, he lets out the impostume. 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 13 An Error in the judgment, is like an impostume in the Head. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 228 Producing sometimes inward Imposthumes. 1739 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 327 Morbid Impostems or Tumors. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 238 A Suppuration, which they call an Impostume. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. iii. 249 An imposthume in his brain, occasioned by too much study. 2. figurative. a. With reference to moral corruption in the individual, or insurrection in the state: A moral or political ‘festering sore’; the ‘swelling’ of pride, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > stain of, defilement wem?c1225 tachec1330 tackc1425 imposthume1565 deformityc1571 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > corruption > a morbid moral condition rusteOE maladyc1385 disease1509 lepry1526 boil1537 leprosy?1555 imposthume1565 gangrene1588 ulcer1592 diseasedness1614 lesion1640 unwholesomeness1881 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse f. 38^v It openeth the festered sores, the pestilent impostumes of our ill desires. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 234 The three Impostumes of the world, namely, Warres, Famine, and Pestilence. 1685 R. Youngs in T. Sprat Relat. Late Wicked Contrivance (1693) ii. 97 Several Imposthims they like~wise haue sent abroad, which I can prove. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 177 To hinder the impostume of bad humour from breaking. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 276 This most absurd and abusive imposthume upon an absurd and abusive system was called the Paulette. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 36 The imposthume I prick to relieve thee of,—Vanity! †b. Applied to a gathering cloud or its contents. ΚΠ 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars ii. xv. 29 From the swolne fluxure of the clouds doth shake A ranke Impostume vpon euery Lake. †c. Applied to a person swollen with pride or insolence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [noun] > person swollen with pride puffin1612 imposthumea1625 bloat1860 a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn/2 Dost thou know me bladder, Thou insolent impostume? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : † impostumeimposthumev. < n.c1400 see also
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