impostume

English

Alternative forms

• imposthume

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɒstjuːm/

Noun

impostume (plural impostumes)

1. (obsolete) An abscess.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220:

     Jason Phereus [was] utterly forsaken of all Physitians, by reason of an impostume he had in his breast […].

Verb

impostume (third-person singular simple present impostumes, present participle impostuming, simple past and past participle impostumed)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of imposthume