What does carbuncle mean?
Carbuncle means (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon..
Carbuncle
/ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/ · noun
Meaning
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon..
Definitions by Sense
- (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
- (heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
- (pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
- An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.
Example Sentences
With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
His turban, or mandil [mandīl], was of finest white silk interwoven with gold, bestudded with pearl[s] and carbuncles; […]
A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed.
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Word Forms
- carbuncles
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With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus […]
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