carbuncular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculāris. By surface analysis, carbuncle +‎ -ar.

Adjective

carbuncular (comparative more carbuncular, superlative most carbuncular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.
    • 1861, Valentine Mott, Eulogy on the late John W. Francis, M.D., LL.D:
      Such a mass of carbuncular disease I have rarely seen.

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