carbuncle

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noun

Plural noun:

carbuncles

1.
(archaic)A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
2.
(heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
3.
(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
4.
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.

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carbuncledcarbon ruby

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From Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus, diminutive of carbō (a coal, charcoal). Garfinkel Garfunkel.