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impostumes

impostumes is the plural of impostume.

Meaning of impostume

Noun

impostume (plural impostumes)

  1. (obsolete) An abscess.
    • The great impoſtume of the realme vvas dravvne / Euen to a head: the multitudinous ſpavvne / VVas the corruption, vvhich did make it ſvvell / VVith hop'd ſedition (the burnt ſeed of hell.)1603, [Thomas Dekker], 1603. The Wonderfull Yeare. […], London: […] by [J. Browne, Nicholas Ling, and John Smethwick for?] Thomas Creede, […], →OCLC, signature B3, recto

Questions about impostumes

What is impostumes the plural of?
Impostumes is the plural of impostume.

Words near impostumes in the dictionary

  1. impostrix
  2. impostrous
  3. imposts
  4. impostume
  5. impostumed
  6. impostumes
  7. impostuming
  8. imposturage
  9. imposture
  10. impostured
  11. impostures

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