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carbuncle

car·buncle

UK/ˈkɑː.bʌŋ.kl̩/ US/ˈkɑɹˌbʌŋ.kl̩/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

deep-red cabochon-cut garnet cut without facets

2.

an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus

Origin

From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.

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