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

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

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 Fuller, Andrew S.

On her hand was one large pustulous sore, which resembled that delinated in Plate No. 1.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward

"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 Lissagary, P.

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 Bourguignon, Honor?