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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; < Middle French < Italian carnaggio < Medieval Latin carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian carnaggio < Medieval Latin carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
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