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adj. - Set with or afflicted with painful local inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues characterized by hardness, formation of openings for the discharge of pus from multiple pockets, breakdown of the surface skin and sloughing of dead tissue

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  • Adjective : a carbuncled ring
  • Let us, then, try to forget the carbuncled nose, the snuffy waistcoat, the unorthodox sneer.
  • He had indeed all the outward signs of a sot; a sleepy eye, a rubicund face, and carbuncled nose.
  • The bar-owner with carbuncled cheeks had known him for years and the final edition of the paper was spread out in front of him.
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