Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of matter—that is, of thought or facts; significant; weighty.
- Purulent; generating pus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Generating or containing pus; purulent.
- adjective Full of substance or matter; important.
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- adjective
pussy ,purulent (containing or secreting pus) - adjective obsolete Full of substance or matter;
important .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the flow would stop then there would be yellow discharge of thick mattery appearance.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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A superficial sore spreads over it, slightly covered by a yellowish, mattery pellicle; and on the teeth, and extending down the gums, there is a deposition of hardened tartarous matter, which is scaled off with a greater or less degree of difficulty.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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The same cells, the same mattery management chips, are used.
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Ramanand, please listen to a point: people, such as myself, who do not think that a form of alternative medicine is safe and effective will never, never, try it, no mattery how many times you repeat they should.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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