Pustulent

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled or oozing with pus.

    "a pustulent sore"

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of pustulant, "producing pustules" alt-of, alternative

Example

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"His body was dead white where it was not cruelly galled, bitten, rasped; his colourless face puffy, sweat-swollen, corpse-like, a tangled yellow beard covering his mouth; his eyes were red and pustulent."

Etymology

From pustule + -ent.

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