pustulent

English

Etymology

From pustule +‎ -ent.

Adjective

pustulent (comparative more pustulent, superlative most pustulent)

1. Filled or oozing with pus.

   a pustulent sore

   • 1994, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain‎, →ISBN, page 114:

     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.

2. Alternative spelling of pustulant, "producing pustules"

Related terms

• pustulence