pustulent

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adjective

Filled or oozing with pus.

“a pustulent sore”

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Meanings

adjectivepustulent (comparative more pustulent, superlative most pustulent)

comparative more pustulent · superlative most pustulent

  1. Filled or oozing with pus.

    a pustulent sore

    1 more example

    His body was dead white where it was not cruelly galled, bitten, rasped; his colourless face puffy, sweat-swollen, corpse-like, a tangled yellow beard covering his mouth; his eyes were red and pustulent.

    1994, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain, →ISBN, page 114
  2. alternativeAlternative spelling of pustulant, "producing pustules"

Origin

From pustule + -ent.

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APA

pustulent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulent

MLA

“pustulent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pustulent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pustulent.

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