suppurate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin suppūrātus, past participle of suppūrō, from pūr-, stem of pūs.

Her words brought final healing to my suppurating wounds: “It is I who have watched over thee, life after life, in the tenderness of many mothers! — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
“He is in the most favorable position for the wounds in his back and chest to suppurate easily, and absolute rest is necessary.” “What! can’t we carry him to Granite House?” asked Pencroft. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
Where Rome was in the glut of her vanity and her blood-drunkenness--limbs wound in cloth of gold suppurating with crime, head boastfully nodding as Jove and feet rocking upon slipping slime--there stand the Empires and Republics of those whose forefathers slew Rome. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre

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