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carbuncle

[ kahr-buhng-kuhl ]

noun

  1. Pathology. a painful circumscribed inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in suppuration and sloughing, and having a tendency to spread somewhat like a boil, but more serious in its effects.
  2. a gemstone, especially a garnet, cut with a convex back and a cabochon surface.
  3. Also called Lon·don brown [luhn, -d, uh, n , broun]. a dark grayish, red-brown color.
  4. Obsolete. any rounded red gem.


adjective

  1. having the color carbuncle.

carbuncle

/ ˈkÉ‘ËËŒbʌŋkÉ™l; kÉ‘ËˈbʌŋkjÊŠlÉ™ /

noun

  1. an extensive skin eruption, similar to but larger than a boil, with several openings: caused by staphylococcal infection
  2. a rounded gemstone, esp a garnet cut without facets
  3. a dark reddish-greyish-brown colour
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Derived Forms

  • carbuncular, adjective
  • ˈ³¦²¹°ùËŒ²ú³Ü²Ô³¦±ô±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of carbuncle1

1150–1200; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin carbunculus kind of precious stone, tumor, literally, live coal, equivalent to ³¦²¹°ù²úŲÔ- (stem of ³¦²¹°ù²úÅ ) burning charcoal + -culus -cule 1, apparently assimilated to derivates from short-vowel stems; homunculus
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of carbuncle1

C13: from Latin carbunculus diminutive of ³¦²¹°ù²úÅ coal
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Mr Venturi's design was chosen following the cancellation of a proposed extension to the National Gallery, famously derided as a "monstrous carbuncle" on Trafalgar Square by Prince Charles.

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Watching Donald Trump speak is like watching a festering carbuncle explode in a spray of pus and blood.

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He disdained a proposed addition to London’s National Gallery as “a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.â€

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The drama, in their view, is nothing less than a monstrous carbuncle on the face of British society.

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The plan, included a modern-looking curved glass courtyard, was, according to Charles, “a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.â€

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