Meanings
adjectivecarbuncled (comparative more carbuncled, superlative most carbuncled)
comparative more carbuncled · superlative most carbuncled
- Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled / Like holy Phoebus' car.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii] - Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles (red sores, pimples or blotches)
a carbuncled face
1661, Alexander Brome, “Song VI”, in Songs and other Poems
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveafflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
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carbuncled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbuncled
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“carbuncled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbuncled. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbuncled,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbuncled.
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