impostume
imposthume (ɪmˈpɒsθuːm)
/ (ɪmˈpɒstjuːm) /
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noun
an archaic word for abscess
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Word Origin for impostume
C15: from Old French empostume, from Late Latin apostēma, from Greek, literally: separation (of pus), from aphistanai to remove, from histanai to stand
Words nearby impostume
impossible figure, impost, impost block, impostor, impostor syndrome, impostume, imposture, imposure, impotence, impotent, impound
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How to use impostume in a sentence
July 31, 1677, I sold my bokes to Mr. Littlebury, scilicet when my impostume in my heade did breake.
Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2)|John AubreyWhat difference is there between a Tumour and an Impostume or Abcess?
The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar Method|Charles Gabriel Le ClercHence Catullus resentment against Nonius, whom he calls the botch, or impostume of the State.
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae'|Geoffrey Chaucer