pustulent
English
Etymology
pustule + -ent
Adjective
pustulent (comparative more pustulent, superlative most pustulent)
- Filled or oozing with pus
- a pustulent sore
- 1994, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain, →ISBN, page 114:
- His body was dead white where it was not cruelly galled, bitten, rasped; his colourless face puffy, sweat-swollen, corpse-like, a tangled yellow beard covering his mouth; his eyes were red and pustulent.
- Alternative spelling of pustulant, "producing pustules"
Related terms
- pustulence