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Webster 1913 Edition


Carnous

{

Car-nose

,

Car′-nous

}
,
Adj.
[L.
carnosus
, fr.
caro
,
carnis
, flesh: cf. OF.
carneux
, F.
charneux
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.
A distinct
carnose
muscle.
Ray.
2.
(Bot.)
Of a fleshy consistence; – applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carnous

CARNOUS

,
Adj.
Fleshy. [See Carneous.]

Definition 2024


carnous

carnous

English

Adjective

carnous (comparative more carnous, superlative most carnous)

  1. (rare or obsolete) 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)