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carbuncled en · ADJ

Etymology

From carbuncle + -ed.

Meanings

1. Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
   • He has deserved it [armour], were it carbuncled / Like holy Phoebus' car. c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles (red sores, pimples or blotches)
   • a carbuncled face 1661, Alexander Brome, “Song VI”, in Songs and other Poems:

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