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car⋅nage
[kahr-nij]
–noun
| 1. | the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre. |
| 2. | Archaic. dead bodies, as of those slain in battle. |
Origin:
1590–1600; < MF < It carnaggio < ML carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
1590–1600; < MF < It carnaggio < ML carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -āticum -age

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Carnage
Car"nage\, n. [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]1. Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. --Macaulay. 2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. --Macaulay.
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Language Translation for : carnage
Spanish:
carnicería, matanza,
German:
das Blutbad,
Japanese:
大虐殺
carnage
1600, from M.Fr. carnage, from O.It. carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from M.L. carnaticum "flesh," often "meat supplied by tenants in tribute to a feudal lord," from L. carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from caro (acc. carnem) "flesh."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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