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Meaning of "carbuncular" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CARBUNCULAR

carbuncular  [kɑːˈbʌŋkjʊlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARBUNCULAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carbuncular is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CARBUNCULAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carbuncular in the English dictionary

The definition of carbuncular in the dictionary is having an extensive skin eruption, similar to but larger than a boil, with several openings: caused by staphylococcal infection.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARBUNCULAR


avuncular
əˈvʌŋkjʊlə
calcular
ˈkælkjʊlə
cardiovascular
ˌkɑːdɪəʊˈvæskjʊlə
caruncular
kəˈrʌŋkjʊlə
circular
ˈsɜːkjʊlə
curricular
kəˈrɪkjʊlə
Dracula
ˈdrækjʊlə
furuncular
fjʊˈrʌŋkjʊlə
homuncular
hɒˈmʌŋkjʊlə
molecular
məʊˈlɛkjʊlə
muscular
ˈmʌskjʊlə
ocular
ˈɒkjʊlə
particular
pəˈtɪkjʊlə
peduncular
pɪˈdʌŋkjʊlə
perpendicular
ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə
secular
ˈsɛkjʊlə
spectacular
spɛkˈtækjʊlə
vascular
ˈvæskjʊlə
vehicular
vɪˈhɪkjʊlə
vincula
ˈvɪŋkjʊlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARBUNCULAR

carboxylase
carboxylate
carboxylation
carboxylic
carboxylic acid
carboy
carbuncle
carbuncled
carburation
carburet
carbureter
carburetion
carburetted
carburetter
carburetting
carburettor
carburisation
carburise
carburization
carburize

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARBUNCULAR

auricular
avascular
binocular
biomolecular
cerebrovascular
corpuscular
diverticular
extracurricular
follicular
in particular
intermolecular
intramolecular
intramuscular
macromolecular
macular
navicular
neuromuscular
popular
testicular
ventricular
vernacular

Synonyms and antonyms of carbuncular in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carbuncular» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARBUNCULAR

Find out the translation of carbuncular to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carbuncular from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carbuncular» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疙瘩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carbuncular
570 millions of speakers

English

carbuncular
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

carbuncular
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جمري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

carbuncular
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carbuncular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

carbuncular
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carbuncular
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Carbuncular
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

carbuncular
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

癰の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

carbuncular
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carbuncular
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

carbuncular
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராஜபிளவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्बनइकलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

carbuncular
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carbuncular
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

carbuncular
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

carbuncular
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carbuncular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δοθιήνων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

carbuncular
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carbuncular
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carbuncular
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carbuncular

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARBUNCULAR»

The term «carbuncular» is used very little and occupies the 185.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARBUNCULAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carbuncular» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carbuncular» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carbuncular

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARBUNCULAR»

Discover the use of carbuncular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carbuncular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reports from Commissioners
Anthrax or carbuncular fever ; Milzbrand, Blutseuche (German) ; miltvuur (Dutch) ; maladies charbonneuses (French) ; typhus, pus- tula maligna. There are many forms of anthrax fever. They all originate spontaneously in herbivorous and ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
2
Our domestic animals in health and disease. Div
... parts of the Continent, or as usually associated with the development of a poisonous principle that cannot be distinguished from the anthracoid virus. The best writers on carbuncular diseases have classified the different forms under three ...
John Gamgee, 1863
3
Our Domestic Animals in Health and Disease
... of the Continent, or as usually associated with the development of a poisonous principle that cannot be distinguished from the anthracoid virus. The best writers on carbuncular diseases have classified the different forms under three heads: ...
John Gamgee, 1871
4
Reports from Committees
With respect to the third sort of meat, meat with carbuncular disease, I think that there is a real danger to health from the consumption of meat from animals that have had some 01 those diseases. 1668. Mr. Cox.] What are those diseases which, ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1864
5
Every man his own cattle doctor, re-writen by G. Armatage, ...
As observed in this country, enzootic affections are of two kinds, viz., anthrax or carbuncular fevers, and anthracoid diseases, or those possessing the greatest resemblance, as well in nature and cause, to anthrax itself, yet having distinctive  ...
Francis Clater, George Armatage, 1870
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
The surrounding integument has lost its livid and carbuncular looking character. The man is in a state of low muttering delirium ; lie is evidently sinking. Ammonia, &c. to be given occasionally throughout the day, if the power of deglutition ...
7
Elements of the Practice of Physic: Presenting a View of the ...
Malignant or Carbuncular Pustule; Persian Fire ; Nar al-Parsi; Atshac Pers. Giamrach, Arab. Ignis Persicus, John of Gaddesden. Anthrucion, Anthrax Septicus ; Pruna; Pustula Maligna. Pustule Maligne ; Bouton Maligne ; Puce maligne, French.
David Craigie, 1837
8
Observations on the General Principles and on the Particular ...
Mr. Pott also describes an inflammation which has much the character of boil *, as well as the deep carbuncular abscess; he mentions likewise a kind of oedematous erysipelasi. Abscesses in this situation are often more immediately produced ...
John Haddy James, 1832
9
The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Poetry
Heprunedanother 27 lines from the central scene in Part III, which recounts the tryst of the unnamed typist and 'the young man carbuncular', and also made another 200 minor editorial changes, typically altering isolated words and phrases.29 ...
Alex Davis, Lee M. Jenkins, 2007
10
Bacterial Protein Toxins
Anthrax is classified (Cecil and Loeb, 1959) as external (carbuncular) or internal ( generalized or septicemic). Carbuncular, the most common type, occurs following Skin contact with infected materials. This phase of the disease results in a very ...
Thomas C. Montie, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARBUNCULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carbuncular is used in the context of the following news items.
1
So long RadioShack, I hardly understood you
But in the '70s, the world of carbuncular teenage boys was more or less required to purchase their musical gear from places that were deemed ... «Herald-Mail Media, Apr 15»
2
Celebrating the magic of spring equinox
A "young man carbuncular" arrives to have sex with a typist who is bored but doesn't resist him. When he leaves, "She smoothes her hair with ... «Bangalore Mirror, Mar 15»
3
Oppenheimer review – an ache for humanity
... carbuncular – the “Fat Man” ready for Nagasaki. Horror is brilliantly conveyed in sickening calculations about how the pilot who drops the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
4
The Turbulent Genius of David Foster Wallace
... granted, plenty of nerd-species in today's America, and some of these are elitist within their own nerdy purview (e.g., the skinny, carbuncular, ... «Newsweek, Jan 15»
5
'I feel lost in Hong Kong': why travel writer Paul Theroux finds the city …
... make because the floodlit pit (with crane) looks a good deal more impressive than the carbuncular tents huddled in the dark drizzle next to it. «South China Morning Post, Nov 14»
6
Acts of Treason
... 'carbuncular' practices, a secret alliance with the diabolical President Mbeki, spying for the Zulu nationalists, drinking too much, taking drugs, ... «The Nation., Oct 14»
7
Why I love living in the Woolwich Central 'carbuncle'
When I complained about my home's new carbuncular status, my friends consoled me with pictures of Preston bus station, designed in the ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
8
How solar-powered windows could change the world
The university has announced the creation of transparent solar panels – effectively windows that do the same job as the carbuncular, shiny ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
9
Depression: Gazing Into the Abyss with Robin Williams
... and seek some kind of self-medication: in Mozart or Janis Joplin, in the Old Testament prophets or their carbuncular descendant Karl Marx, ... «TheTyee.ca, Aug 14»
10
Samuel Beckett: the bits we weren't meant to read
... room and sets the room to rights” before the visit of that “young man carbuncular” (in place of “a youth of twenty-one, spotted about the face”). «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Carbuncular [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/carbuncular>. Apr 2024 ».
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