单词 | fester |
释义 | fester /fes"teuhr/, v.i. 1. to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate. 2. to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh. 3. to putrefy or rot. 4. to rankle, as a feeling of resentment. v.t. 5. to cause to rankle: Malice festered his spirit. n. 6. an ulcer; a rankling sore. 7. a small, purulent, superficial sore. [1350-1400; (n.) ME festir, festre < AF, OF festre < L fistula FISTULA (for -l- > -r- cf. CHAPTER); (v.) ME festryn, deriv. of the n. or < OF festrir] |
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