Pustular
/ˈpʌs.tʃə.lɚ/noun
Relating to or covered with pustules, small pus-filled blisters.
Did you know?Pustular ultimately traces back to Latin pustula, a “blister” or “pimple,” and the same root family also gave English the word pustule—medical Latin preserved the body’s eruptions in vocabulary for centuries.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
pustula
“a blister, pimple, or small swelling on the skin”
Late Latin
Latin
pustularis
“pertaining to blisters or pustules”
Middle French
French
pustulaire
“having pustules; blistered”
16th Century
English
pustular
“covered with or characterized by pustules”
Modern English
English
pustular
“relating to or covered with pustules”
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