purulent
/pˈjʊɹuːlənt/PYUU-roo-luhnt
/pˈjʊɹulənt/PYUU-roo-luhnt
Meaningfull of pus
Common meaning: full of pus
- purpus, matterLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1494 · scan
- ulentadjective ending: full of
Journey through time
- Latinpūs, pūris‘pus, matter’
- Frenchporvorr
- Englishpurulent‘full of pus’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pūs ‘pus, matter’.
Roots
- pūs, pūris Latin “pus, matter”
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