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Meaning of impostume | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪmˈpɒstjuːm

Definitions

An abscess.

obsolete

Examples

“The great impoſtume of the realme vvas dravvne / Euen to a head: the multitudinous ſpavvne / VVas the corruption, vvhich did make it ſvvell / VVith hop'd ſedition (the burnt ſeed of hell.)”
“Jaſon Phereus [Jason of Pherae] [was] utterly forſaken of all Phyſitians, by reaſon of an impoſtume he had in his breaſt […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

imposturage Imposture Impostures impostury imposure impot

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