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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin carbunculus 'small piece of burning coal', from carbo; CARBON

carbuncle

 noun
     
Related topics: Jewellery, Illness and Disability
car‧bun‧cle [countable]
1MI a large painful lump under someone's skin
2DCJ a red jewel, especially a garnet
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