Definition of Impostumes

1. Noun. (plural of impostume) ¹

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Definition of Impostumes

1. impostume [n] - See also: impostume

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impostumes

imposthumate
imposthumation
imposthumations
imposthume
imposthumes
imposting
impostor
impostorism
impostors
impostorship
impostour
impostrix
impostrous
imposts
impostume
impostumes (current term)
imposturage
imposture
impostured
impostures
imposturous
impostury
imposure
impot
impotable
impotence
impotences
impotencies
impotency

Literary usage of Impostumes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Medicine (1906)
"... are understand impostumes, whiche commonly chance under ye arme ... Wherefore to hele these impostumes, & specially to rype them, ..."

2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Thomas, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... followed inflamed swelling, impostumes, and a putrified sore. My life being such, was it life, O my God? And Thy faithful mercy hovered over me afar. ..."

3. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"The maturation of fruits, the maturation of drinks, and the maturation of impostumes and ulcers. This last we refer to another place, where we shall handle ..."

4. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... with the vilde impostumes of thy lewd corruptions : God bless good mindes from the black enemy say I. 1 know you haue bene prying like the ..."

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