Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small inflamed elevation of the skin that is filled with pus; a pimple.
- noun A small swelling similar to a blister or pimple.
- noun Something likened to an inflamed, pus-filled lesion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a small inflammatory tumor containing pus; a small pimple containing pus.
- noun In botany, a slight elevation like a pimple or little blister.
- noun In zoology: A small rounded elevation of surface, like a blister; a papule or pimple.
- noun A spot of color larger than a dot, and suggestive of a blister.
- noun One of the swellings produced in the leaves and stems of plants by Cystopus, Synchytrium, and other fungi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A vesicle or an elevation of the cuticle with an inflamed base, containing pus.
- noun See under
Malignant .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small accumulation of
pus in theepidermis ordermis . - noun A
pimple filled withpus
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This paranoid pustule is able to find a liberal conspiracy lurking behind any mundane occurrence, even attributing Obama’s selection as Time’s Person of the Year, an event as predictable as sunrise, to a pay-to-play scheme.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » 50 Most Loathesome People 2009
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One of the first objects then of this pursuit, as I have observed, should be, to learn how to distinguish with accuracy between that peculiar pustule which is the true cow pock, and that which is spurious.
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One of the first objects then of this pursuit, as I have observed, should be, to learn how to distinguish with accuracy between that peculiar pustule which is the true cow pock, and that which is spurious.
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One of the first objects then of this pursuit, as I have observed, should be, to learn how to distinguish with accuracy between that peculiar pustule which is the true cow pock, and that which is spurious.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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One of the first objects then of this pursuit, as I have observed, should be, to learn how to distinguish with accuracy between that peculiar pustule which is the true cow-pock, and that which is spurious.
II. Further Observations on the Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow-Pox. 1799 1909
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"pustule" had formed and the arm had become infected.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Government, both federal and state, should have saved their time if a pustule in the stream of competence such as is the Tea Party can succeed in convincing the public that all law post to the Tenth is illegal and unconstitutional.
Stephen Herrington: Open Wide, Minimum Wage Is Good For You Stephen Herrington 2010
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But as long as elected Republicans continue to be the conduit by which megacapitalists manipulate the god-fearing, intelligence-hating base, the GOP will continue to be the pustule it's become.
GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster' 2009
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Weedy John keeps being called a walking pustule by everyone, though Joseph Drake's skin seems to be a pimple-free zone.
Reasons to Be Pretty; Juno and the Paycock; The Lion in Winter – review 2011
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Fuckhead, calling someone a dimwitted fossil is an insult, you ignorant pustule.
maire commented on the word pustule
he wanted to get his boil lanced before christmas, but the dr. insisted that he wait pustule...
November 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word pustule
*groan*
November 1, 2007
sionnach commented on the word pustule
See also pus jewel
December 5, 2008
yarb commented on the word pustule
A great pustule of dread burst silently between my ears.
- Chris Morris, Blue Jam, Series II, Episode II
June 16, 2009