impostume

English

Alternative forms

imposthume

Etymology

From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

Noun

impostume (plural impostumes)

(obsolete) An abscess.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220:
  Jason Phereus [was] utterly forsaken of all Physitians, by reason of an impostume he had in his breast […].

单词	impostume
释义	impostume English Alternative forms imposthume Etymology From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”). Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/ Noun impostume (plural impostumes) (obsolete) An abscess. 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220: Jason Phereus [was] utterly forsaken of all Physitians, by reason of an impostume he had in his breast […].
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