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carnous

/ˈkɑːnəs/

carnous adjective: fleshy.

Adjective

carnous (comparative more carnous, superlative most carnous)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Fleshy.
    • 1658: It is no impossible Physiognomy to conjecture at fleshy appendencies; and after what shape the muscles and carnous parts might hang in their full consistences. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 31)

carnous meaning in Bengali

carnous in Bengali

মাংসল

Forms of carnous

comparativemore carnous
superlativemost carnous

Origin of carnous

From Latin carnosus.

Questions about carnous

What does carnous mean?
Carnous means fleshy.
What is carnous in Bengali?
Carnous in Bengali is মাংসল. See Carnous meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is carnous?
Carnous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce carnous?
Carnous is pronounced /ˈkɑːnəs/.

Words near carnous in the dictionary

  1. carnotaurines
  2. Carnotian
  3. carnotite
  4. carnotites
  5. Carnoules
  6. carnous
  7. Carnoustie
  8. carns
  9. carnser
  10. carnsers
  11. Carnses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnous (page history and authors); carnous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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