Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Set with carbuncles.
- Afflicted with carbuncle, or having the color of a carbuncle; glowing like a carbuncle, as from drink: as, “a carbuncled face,” Brome, The Good Fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Set with carbuncles.
- adjective Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Set with
carbuncles (red precious stones). - adjective Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red
sores ; pimpled and blotched.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
- adjective set with carbuncles
Etymologies
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Examples
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On a clear day she could even make out the great Metropolis to the south, a kingdom she had read was crafted entirely from a million glittering shards of glass, a translucent spectacle that was the new wonder of the civilised world, a world away from her gnarly, carbuncled mountains, with sturdy rock pigeons the only neighbours of her craggy roost, resplendent in their iridescent blue and purple coats.
an urban fairy story - the new gothic? Bluestocking 2009
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We aim to create a real space for discussing, engaging and enjoying perhaps occasionally even campaigning for the multilayered complexities of a city that is comfortable to wear its carbuncled heart on its sleeve.
Archive 2009-06-01 Bluestocking 2009
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On a clear day she could even make out the great Metropolis to the south, a kingdom she had read was crafted entirely from a million glittering shards of glass, a translucent spectacle that was the new wonder of the civilised world, a world away from her gnarly, carbuncled mountains, with sturdy rock pigeons the only neighbours of her craggy roost, resplendent in their iridescent blue and purple coats.
Archive 2009-03-01 Bluestocking 2009
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We aim to create a real space for discussing, engaging and enjoying perhaps occasionally even campaigning for the multilayered complexities of a city that is comfortable to wear its carbuncled heart on its sleeve.
just who are the mms...? Bluestocking 2009
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His aunt took him to see Dr. Ignacio Sebrango, a pulmonary specialist with carbuncled arms, who said that Enrique's condition was psychological and had nothing to do with the excellent health of his lungs.
‘A Handbook to Luck’ 2008
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The Administration and the Congress have a responsibility to negotiate legislation, and we can only hope it isn't carbuncled to a point that makes it impossible for Treasury to hold a decent mortgage-backed securities auction, or allow markets to clear.
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And when he suggested in a whisper that perhaps the circumstance need not be mentioned to Mrs. Masters, Nickem winked again and put his fore-finger to the side of his big carbuncled nose.
The American Senator 2004
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He had indeed all the outward signs of a sot; a sleepy eye, a rubicund face, and carbuncled nose.
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He was about fifty years of age, with a carbuncled countenance, high but narrow forehead, grey eyebrows, and small, malignant grey eyes.
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The bar-owner with carbuncled cheeks had known him for years and the final edition of the paper was spread out in front of him.
Maigret's Little Joke Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1960
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