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carbuncle

noun

car·​bun·​cle ˈkär-ˌbəŋ-kəl How to pronounce carbuncle (audio)
1
a
obsolete : any of several red precious stones
b
: the garnet cut cabochon
2
: a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue
carbuncled adjective
carbuncular adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But all that was knocked down half a century ago, to be replaced by a concrete carbuncle that destroyed the arch and chunks of nearby streets and has been making commuters miserable since 1968. The Economist, 8 Feb. 2020 This isn't Westeros; no one's out here massing troops on opposite sides of a meadow while the fat cats in the biggest tent play an oversized game of Risk and tend to their carbuncles. Peter Rubin, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019 This pile of dough is a swollen carbuncle on the backside of our fiscal/economic donkey. Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017 The EOS 650 was the first autofocus SLR that didn’t suck, or have a giant carbuncle on the side of the lens (Canon T80, anyone?) Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2007

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French charbucle, carbuncule, from Latin carbunculus small coal, carbuncle, diminutive of carbon-, carbo charcoal, ember

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of carbuncle was before the 12th century

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