English Explanatory Dictionary

red-gum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rash in infants marked by red or sometimes whitish papules surrounded by reddish halos and popularly associated with teething distress; strophulus.
  2. rust on grain
  3. Alternative form of redgum.
  4. Alternative form of red gum.

Word forms

red-gum red gum red gown

Etymology

Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).

Synonyms

tooth rash
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