gangrened

English

Etymology

gangrene + -ed

Adjective

gangrened (comparative more gangrened, superlative most gangrened)

  1. Infected with gangrene; gangrenous.
    • 1808, John Dryden, The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18):
      Yes, when the offender can be judged by laws: But when his greatness overturns the scales, Then kings are justice in the last appeal, And, forced by strong necessity, may strike; In which, indeed, they assert the public good, And, like sworn surgeons, lop the gangrened limb: Unpleasant, wholesome, work.
    • 1888, Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers, Memories:
      Here were rooms crowded with uncomfortable-looking beds, on which lay men whose gangrened wounds gave forth foul odors, which, mingled with the terrible effluvia from the mouths of patients ill of scurvy, sent a shuddering sickness through my frame.
    • 1906, Marie Hay, A German Pompadour:
      In vain he protested and claimed the protection of Louis XIV. The King at Versailles was busied with the saving of his soul and with the doctoring of his gangrened knee.
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