carbuncle
nounEtymology
From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.
- derived from carbunculus
- derived from carbuncle
- inherited from carbuncle
Definitions
A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut…
A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
- With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]
- And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
- His turban, or mandil [mandīl], was of finest white silk interwoven with gold, bestudded with pearl[s] and carbuncles; […]
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or…
A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the…
An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
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An unpopular or ugly building
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for carbuncle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA