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carnosity

noun

Etymology

From carnose + -ity.

Definitions

  1. Fleshiness.

    • [T]hey ſuppoſe an Olive the more grovvne it is in carnoſitie, to be the fuller of oile: vvhereas in very truth, all the good juice in them is converted then into the groſſe and corpulent ſubſtance thereof, […]

  2. A fleshy caruncle or excrescence.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA