festerment

English

Etymology

fester +‎ -ment

Noun

festerment (plural festerments)

  1. A festering.
    • 1834, Thomas Chalmers, On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God:
      those misadventures and pettier miseries of life , which , if not so alleviated , would keep us in a state of continual festerment

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References

“festerment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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