pustulate

American  

[puhs-chuh-layt, puhs-chuh-lit, -layt] / ˈpʌs tʃəˌleɪt, ˈpʌs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

pustulated, pustulating

1. to cause to form pustules.

---

verb (used without object)

pustulated, pustulating

1. to become pustular.

adjective

1. covered with pustules.

pustulate British  

verb

1. to form or cause to form into pustules

---

adjective

1. covered with pustules

Other Word Forms

• pustulation
  noun

---

Etymology

Origin of pustulate

1600–10; < Late Latin pūstulātus, past participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ate ¹

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pustulate pustulated pustulating

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 William E. Duellman

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 William E. Duellman

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 Walter D. Petrovic

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

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---