burstenness
nounEtymology From bursten + -ness. Compare also burstness.
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Obsolete A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
- The leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the throat, much helpeth the quinsy; it helpeth also ruptures and burstenness.1814?, Nicholas Culpeper, Parkins, The English Physician
- Related terms
- bursten, burstness