Hmm, what's the word for describing something that is filled with puss?

[erikiksaz]

I just thought about this the other day. I wasn't sure if it was spelled as "pussey" or "pussy." Thanks to dictionary.com, i now know

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

Abcess.

 

[thomsbrain]

ooh! ooh! if i was a mod, i'd say "you pronounce it as lock"

 

[BillGates]

a "puss-filled" something or other.



EDIT: PUS is the correct word, this thread is therefore invalid.

 

[SoylentGreen]

erikiksaz head

 

[Colt45]

its PUS, any I guess an afflicted area would be "pusy"?

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

pure adrenachrome... don't take too much, man."

That is my favorite frickin movie.

"A drug person can learn to handle such things as seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to deal with this trip."

 

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: BillGates
a "puss-filled" something or other.



EDIT: PUS is the correct word, this thread is therefore invalid.

Wow, i didn't catch that. Well, that's EVEN weirder then. Something puss-filled still is "pussy," according to Dictionary.com. That's really strange, why isn't it "pusy?"

 

[datalink7]

puss-y?

 

[AlienCraft]

try infected...

 

[Ameesh]

pustuale

 

[ed21x]

festered

 

[bonk102]

i'd go with infected on that one

 

[Squisher]

pustulated








No, I just made that up. I've played to much Balderdash.

 

[tcsenter]

Main Entry: purulent
adj.
Etymology: Latin purulentus, from pur-, pus
Date: 1597

1 : containing, consisting of, or being pus <a purulent discharge>
2 : accompanied by suppuration

Main Entry: suppurate
int. verb
Inflected Form(s): -rat·ed; -rat·ing
Etymology: Latin suppuratus, past participle of suppurare, from sub- + pur-, pus
Date: 1656

1 : to form or discharge pus

- suppuration - noun
- suppurative - adjective


Main Entry: pyogenic
adj.
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: circa 1847

: producing pus <pyogenic bacteria>; also : marked by pus production <pyogenic meningitis>

I got more pussy errr I mean puss-related words than you care to know.

 

[conjur]

How about keeping it simple?

"Nasty"
"Gnarly"
"Gross"

 

[Kaydw5sos]

This post may be from 17 years ago, but I come bearing answers and made an account solely to answer this question. The word you are looking for is indeed pussy. Or if you're requiring a fancier word you could use purulent.



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[BoomerD]

Gee...thanks for reviving something that was much better dead.