carnose

[kahr-nohs]

adjective

1. of or relating to flesh; fleshy.

Other Word Forms

• carnosity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carnose¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg