furuncular
/f(j)ʊˈɹʌŋkjʊlə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to furuncles or boils.
Example Sentences
- "He remembered the inspector's pipe studded with Bohemian gems (in harmony with its owner's furuncular nose) and also the habit Armande had of exchanging ribald comments in Swiss-German with the old fellow while he was examining the rubbish under a cracked seat."
Etymology
From furuncle + -ar.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /f(j)ʊˈɹʌŋkjʊlə/
Inflected Forms
more furuncular (comparative)
most furuncular (superlative)