furuncular

English

Etymology

From Latin furunculus +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f(j)ʊˈɹʌŋkjʊlə/

Adjective

furuncular (comparative more furuncular, superlative most furuncular)

1. (rare) Pertaining to furuncles or boils.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 88:

     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.