cankerblossom

a "blossom" of pus that comes out when a canker bursts. Usually used only in Shakespearean plays.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, 3.2.282-284. Herm. “O me! You juggler! You cankerblossom!/ You thief of love! What, have you come by night/ And stol’n my love’s heart from him?”

by KarlatheGreat February 18, 2009