carnose

[kahr-nohs]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to flesh; fleshy.

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Other Word Forms

carnosity noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carnose¹

1555–65; < Latin ��ō��ܲ� fleshy, equivalent to carn- (stem of ��ō ) flesh + -ō��ܲ� -ose ¹

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Car′nal-mind′ed, worldly-minded; Car′neous, Carnose′, fleshy: of or like flesh.—n.

From

On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day.

From

carnivorous Carnot

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