carbuncular

American  

[kahr-buhng-kyuh-ler] / kɑrˈbʌŋ kyə lər /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.

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Etymology

Origin of carbuncular

1730–40; < Latin carbuncul ( us ) ( see carbuncle) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

"They seek the secret of the Grail," gasps carbuncular nobleman Bertrand, as swarms of rhubarbing crusaders prepare to storm his ramparts.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2013

There are too many "young men carbuncular" within its limits, deceiving themselves with "systematic lies," failing to acknowledge "the agony and horror of modern life."

From Time Magazine Archive

Just as Karl Marx left his carbuncular anger to his heirs, so Freud's brilliant but obstinate, vain and hypersensitive character seems to have shaped the psychoanalytic movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The kinds of pitsand are these: black, gray, red, and carbuncular.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

In coarse grained gravel and carbuncular sand the supply is surer and more lasting, and it has a good taste.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio