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carneous

[ kahr-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. fleshlike; flesh-colored.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carneous1

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

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Example Sentences

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

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.

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