carnose

American

[kahr-nohs] / ˈkɑr noʊs /

adjective

of or relating to flesh; fleshy.

Other Word Forms

carnosity noun

Etymology

Origin of carnose

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

Example Sentences

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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.

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