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carnosity

carnosity noun: fleshiness.

Noun

carnosity (countable and uncountable, plural carnosities)

  1. (uncountable) Fleshiness.
    • [T]hey ſuppoſe an Olive the more grovvne it is in carnoſitie, to be the fuller of oile: vvhereas in very truth, all the good juice in them is converted then into the groſſe and corpulent ſubſtance thereof, […]1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XV.] The Natures of Trees that Beare Fruit.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall...
  2. (countable) A fleshy caruncle or excrescence.

Forms of carnosity

pluralcarnosities

Origin of carnosity

From carnose + -ity.

Questions about carnosity

What does carnosity mean?
Carnosity means fleshiness.
What part of speech is carnosity?
Carnosity is a noun.
What is the plural of carnosity?
The plural of carnosity is carnosities.

Words near carnosity in the dictionary

  1. carnosinases
  2. carnosine
  3. carnosinemia
  4. carnosinol
  5. carnosities
  6. carnosity
  7. carnosol
  8. Carnot
  9. Carnot cycle
  10. Carnot engine
  11. Carnot engines

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