festerment

English

Etymology

From fester +‎ -ment.

Noun

festerment (plural festerments)

1. A festering.

   Synonym: fester

   • 1834, Thomas Chalmers, On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God:

     those misadventures and pettier miseries of life , which , if not so alleviated , would keep us in a state of continual festerment

Further reading

• “festerment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.