carbuncled

[kahr-buhng-kuhld]

adjective

1. infected with a carbuncle.

2. having a carbuncle as its stone.

   a carbuncled ring.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbuncled¹

First recorded in 1570–80; carbuncle + -ed ³

Example Sentences

When Mr. Merl had just penned the last sentence, the door slowly and cautiously was opened behind him, and a very much carbuncled face protruded into the room.

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In his hands wood seems fabric, as malleable as gold, black as Indian hair, a carbuncled lump.

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Fare thee well then on thy lonesome path, and we that are not so much afraid of carbuncled faces, pot-bellies and short breath, proceed along our road.

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Beneath our own, the light Fell on his red carbuncled face.

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It was not a nose snubbed at the extremity, gross, heavy, or carbuncled, or fluting.

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