🤕 Covered in sores 🔴 Red and swollen

carbuncled

9.9

Set with bright red stones

adjective
/ˈkɑːrˌbʌŋkəld/

Archaic

: adornado con carbuncos

The carbuncled crowns sparkled on the royal statues in the ancient hall.

Examples

The carbuncled necklaces caught the light, dazzling everyone at the gala.
Legends spoke of a carbuncled chalice hidden deep in the caverns.
His carbuncled nose glowed red under the dim tavern light.
The carbuncled statue was a highlight of the exhibition!
Look at that carbuncled wall decoration!
She admired the carbuncled brooch that had been passed down through generations.
The ancient manuscript depicted a carbuncled goblet, beautifully embellished with gems.

Synonyms

beaded

vscarbuncled

1 3.4

Decorated with small round objects sewn onto cloth or strung on thread

is set with red gemstones or with red skin sores rather than stitched ornaments

to bejeweled

vscarbuncled

5.7

To add jewels to something to make it sparkle

is instead set with specific red gems or with red skin sores as ornament

carbuncular

vscarbuncled

Specialized

9.9

Relating to painful skin boils filled with pus

can mean being fitted with red gems or having red skin sores as decoration

How Adorned

encrusted

1 5.8

carbuncled

Archaic

9.9

jeweled

1 3.9

decorated

2.7

plain

208 1.0

Surface Forms

carbuncled positive

Morphology

carbuncled = carbuncle (semi-transparent) = carbuncle + ed

Formally 'carbuncle' + '-ed' is clear, but understanding this sense as 'set with precious carbuncles (gems)' requires knowledge of the less common gemstone meaning of 'carbuncle'.

Etymology

Carbuncled comes from Latin carbunculus, which means 'small coal', because jewelers called bright red, glowing gems 'carbuncles'. That's why a carbuncled crown or cup is one that is set with or covered in shining red stones.