pustulant

[ puhs-chuh-luhnt ]

adjective

1. causing the formation of pustules.

noun

1. a medicine or agent causing pustulation.

pustulant

/ ˈpʌstjʊlənt /

adjective

1. causing the formation of pustules

noun

1. an agent causing such formation

Word History and Origins

Origin of pustulant¹

1870–75; < Late Latin pūstulant- (stem of pūstulāns ), present participle of pūstulāre to blister. See pustule, -ant

Example Sentences

The patent unreality of the incoming "Doctor Strange" could not be at a farther remove from the carefully stitched and pustulant demons that haunt Ash Williams in "The Evil Dead" series, which feel unpleasantly alive.

From Salon

The patent unreality of the incoming "Doctor Strange" could not be at a farther remove from the carefully stitched and pustulant demons that haunt Ash Williams in "The Evil Dead" series.

From Salon

“There seems to be no end to the pustulant sores weakening these young nations,” he asked.

From Washington Post

Kinney is a semi-regular around New York's folk and piano bar scene, but she has a sense of humor about the split between her day job stabbing pustulant zombies in the head and her winsome pop-folk sound.

From Los Angeles Times

Just a five-minute drive away is the site where the river, black and pustulant with the poisons from the dump, empties into the blue sea.

From Time