† imˈpostumated, ppl. a.
Also 7–8 -thumated.
[f. as prec. ppl. adj. and vb. + -ed1.]
Affected with, swollen into, of the nature of, an impostume; ulcerated. Also fig.
| 1576 Baker Jewell of Health 131 b, Agaynst the Palsie of the tongue or other members, if they are impostumated or cankered. 1647 Clarendon Contempl. Ps. in Tracts (1727) 471 Like the pain the impostumated patient suffers in the lancing his sore. 1712 Perquisite Monger 20 Intoxicated with Power, and imposthumated with Ambition. 1771 Smollett Humph. Cl. 8 May, Putrid gums, imposthumated lungs. |