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escarbuncle

escarbuncle noun: a carbuncle (gemstone).

Noun

escarbuncle (plural escarbuncles)

  1. (archaic) A carbuncle (gemstone).
    • To give light to the presence chamber were seven escarbuncles, great as pumpkins, hung in order down the length of it, and nine fair moonstones standing in order on silver pedestals between the pillars on the dais.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3
  2. A carbuncle (heraldic charge).

Forms of escarbuncle

pluralescarbuncles

Origin of escarbuncle

Old French escharboncle, see Modern French escaboucle.

Questions about escarbuncle

What does escarbuncle mean?
Escarbuncle means a carbuncle (gemstone).
What part of speech is escarbuncle?
Escarbuncle is a noun.
What is the plural of escarbuncle?
The plural of escarbuncle is escarbuncles.

Words near escarbuncle in the dictionary

  1. escapologists
  2. escapology
  3. escapée
  4. escapées
  5. escar
  6. escarbuncle
  7. escarbuncles
  8. Escarcega
  9. Escarcegas
  10. Escareno
  11. Escarenos

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