carneous

[ kahr-nee-uhs ]

adjective
  1. fleshlike; flesh-colored.

Origin of carneous

1
1570–80; <Late Latin carneus, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -eus-eous

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How to use carneous in a sentence

  • In one specimen I noticed a carneous degeneration, but this is really no reflection on Mr. Flannery personally.

    Remarks | Bill Nye
  • A Sucket is made in like manner of the carneous substance of stalks of Lettice.

  • Erasistratus assigns it to the womb's being more callous or more carneous, thinner or smaller, than nature does require.

  • If it is carneous, we touch it with the thumb and middle finger.

  • There is a total absence of that firm, fresh, carneous look which so distinctively characterises the flesh in a state of health.

    Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold