"impostume" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/ [UK] Forms: impostumes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|empostume}} Old French empostume, {{uder|en|la|apostema}} Latin apostema, {{uder|en|grc|ἀπόστεμα||separation of pus into an abscess}} Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} impostume (plural impostumes)
  1. (obsolete) An abscess. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-impostume-en-noun-j8QWBE3s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imposthume

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/ [UK] Forms: impostumes [present, singular, third-person], impostuming [participle, present], impostumed [participle, past], impostumed [past]
Etymology: From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|empostume}} Old French empostume, {{uder|en|la|apostema}} Latin apostema, {{uder|en|grc|ἀπόστεμα||separation of pus into an abscess}} Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} impostume (third-person singular simple present impostumes, present participle impostuming, simple past and past participle impostumed)
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of imposthume Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: imposthume
    Sense id: en-impostume-en-verb--BcaFW74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imposthume

Inflected forms

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