pustulous

American  

[puhs-chuh-luhs] / ˈpʌs tʃə ləs /

adjective

1. pustular.

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Etymology

Origin of pustulous

First recorded in 1535–45; pustule + -ous

Example Sentences

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pustulous

After the dying Wayna Qhapaq locked himself away so that nobody could see his pustulous face, Salcamayhua reported, he was visited by a terrifying midnight vision.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Never," telegraphed this Falstaff of pustulous aspect, "have baser countenances of a base demagogy met the afflicted gaze of honest men."

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary

From a very careful search, I have not been able to find any clump of these bushes of any considerable size that was entirely free from pustulous stems.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller

In the first case, we see evidence of exanthematic diseases, which present only the lightest forms of detersive disorders, such as measles, scarlatina, or that more serious one, from its pustulous form, the small-pox.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon

To play Siamese twin to a pustulous convict were a trifle beside this.

From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray