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How to pronounce “carbuncle

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(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
  • (heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
  • (pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
  • An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

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