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carbuncular

carbuncular adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.

Adjective

carbuncular (comparative more carbuncular, superlative most carbuncular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.
    • Such a mass of carbuncular disease I have rarely seen.1861, Valentine Mott, Eulogy on the late John W. Francis, M.D., LL.D

carbuncular meaning in Tamil

carbuncular in Tamil

பிளவைக்கட்டி உரு, மாணிக்கக்கல்லுக்குரிய, மாணிக்கக்கல் போன்ற, சிவந்த, வீங்கிய

Forms of carbuncular

comparativemore carbuncular
superlativemost carbuncular

Origin of carbuncular

Borrowed from Latin carbunculāris. By surface analysis, carbuncle + -ar.

Words formed from carbuncular

Questions about carbuncular

What does carbuncular mean?
Carbuncular means of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.
What is carbuncular in Tamil?
Carbuncular in Tamil is பிளவைக்கட்டி உரு, மாணிக்கக்கல்லுக்குரிய, மாணிக்கக்கல் போன்ற. See Carbuncular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carbuncular?
Carbuncular is an adjective.

Words near carbuncular in the dictionary

  1. carbuilder
  2. carbuilders
  3. carbuncle
  4. carbuncled
  5. carbuncles
  6. carbuncular
  7. carbuncularly
  8. carbunculation
  9. carbunculations
  10. carbunculosis
  11. carbungi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carbuncular (page history and authors); carbuncular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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