pus

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
noun a fluid product of inflammation
noun a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

)_ Puss puss puss puss! — Ulysses, James Joyce
"Oh, Puss," cried Burton, "chloroform--ether--quick!" — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright
Puss is not far off. — History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Henry Fielding

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