English

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.