Impustate
/ɪmˈpʌsteɪt/noun
Covered with pustules or resembling a pustule-covered surface.
Did you know?Impustate is an obsolete medical adjective built from the same Latin root that gives English “pus” and “pustule.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peus-
“To rot, decay, or become putrid”
Classical Latin
Latin
pūstula
“A blister, pimple, or pustule”
Late Latin
Latin
impustulātus
“Marked or covered with pustules”
17th Century
English
impustate
“Covered with pustules; pustular”
Modern English
English
impustate
“An obsolete or highly specialized term for something covered with pustules”