From en.wiktionary.org:
[Fester]
** English
[2017]
*** Etymology
[en] [en], [enm], borrowed from [en] (cognate with [it], [oc], [es]), from
[en]. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something
that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A fistula .
2. [en] A sore or an ulcer of the skin .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. The condition of something that festers; a festering ; a festerment .
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To become septic ; to become rotten .
2. * [en]
3. * [book=Samson Agonistes]
4. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=2014 |author=[Annette Lu]; Ashley Esarey |title=My Fight for a New
Taiwan |url=https://archive.org/details/myfightfornewtai0000lxiu/
|publisher=w:University of Washington Press |ISBN=978-0-295-99364-5
|LCCN=2013046731 |OCLC=1039411006 |OL=27156414M |page=240
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/myfightfornewtai0000lxiu/page/240/
|text=On the day of my inauguration, the director of the Nationalist Party
county office ordered the Chungli mayor to stop trash collection. Because I
could not command the Chungli sanitation department directly—it is
administered at the local level—piles of garbage began to FESTER on the
streets.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] To worsen , especially due to lack of attention .
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. [en] To cause to fester or rankle .
6. * [1599–1600] , [John Marston] , _吴语: Antonio's Revenge . The Second Part. As it hath beene Sundry Times Acted, by the 吴语: Children of Paul's_ , London: Printed [ by Richard Bradock ] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [ by Matthew Lownes ] in 吴语: St Dunstan-in-the-West , published 1602, <small> [55160039] </small> , Act I, scene i; republished in 吴语: James Halliwell-Phillipps , editor, _The Works of John Marston. Reprinted from the Original Editions. With Notes, and some Account of His Life and Writings._ [ ... ] _In Three Volumes_ , volume I, London: [John Russell Smith] , [Soho Square] , 1856, <small> [458175889] </small> , page 74 (see https://books.google.com/books?id=ii5XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74) :
7. *: For which I burnt in inward sweltring hate, / And FESTRED rankling malice in my breast, / Till I might belke revenge upon his eyes: [...]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|festerous |festeringly |festerment |festery |unfestered }}
**** Translations
[become septic or rotten]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[To worsen, especially due to lack of attention]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
From [ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA] < !-- per GDLC -->
*** Adjective
[ca-adj]
1. festive
2. party - loving
*** Noun
[m]
1. partygoer
*** Noun
[m]
1. torchiere
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** Danish
*** Noun
[da]
1. [da]
*** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
*** Adjective
[de]
1. [fest]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology 1
From [nn], a derivative of [nn].
**** Pronunciation
- [nn]
**** Noun
[f]
1. rope to [en] boats with
***** Related terms
- [nn]
- [nn]
- [nn]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Noun
[nn]
1. [nn]
*** Etymology 3
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
** Swedish
*** Noun
[sv]
1. [sv]