pustulate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
adjective
verb
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of pustulate
1600–10; < Late Latin pūstulātus, past participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ate 1
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Clothes shred, ribs show, sores pustulate, armpits stink.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dorsum irregularly pustulate; in some specimens the pustules tend to form a V in the scapular region.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
All are pustulate above; in most specimens the pustules form no pattern, but in some they tend to form a V in the scapular region.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
Its second season, excitingly awful, pustulated through eight episodes of California sleaze-noir.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
She had yellow irises and a runny pustulated mouth, and thick stringy mucus constantly flowed from her huge nostrils.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
Black sores well up on pink petals, and in his 2012 sculpture The Venal Muse: Fenside, orchidean blooms have turned into gory pustulating columns of suppurating flesh.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2013
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