pustulate

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verb

To form, or be formed into, pustules.

“a pustulate leaf, shell, or coral”

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acnedpimpledpimplyblemished
OriginLatin pustulatus →
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Meanings

verbpustulate (third-person singular simple present pustulates, present participle pustulating, simple past and past participle pustulated)

present singular third person pustulates · participle present pustulating · participle past pustulated · past pustulated

  1. ambitransitiveTo form, or be formed into, pustules.
adjectivepustulate (comparative more pustulate, superlative most pustulate)

comparative more pustulate · superlative most pustulate

  1. Having pustules or prominences resembling them.

    a pustulate leaf, shell, or coral

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin

Similar
acnedpimpledpimplyblemished
Also see
acnedpimpledpimplypustulous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinpustulatus
  2. Englishpustulate

From Latin pustulatus, past participle of pustulare (“to blister”).

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APA

pustulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulate

MLA

“pustulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pustulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulate.

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