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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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