camous

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adjective

flat; depressed; crooked

OriginMiddle English camus ← Middle French camus ← Proto-Celtic *kambos →
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Meanings

adjectivecamous (comparative more camous, superlative most camous)

comparative more camous · superlative most camous · alternative camoys

  1. obsoleteflat; depressed; crooked

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*kambos“crooked, bent”
  2. Middle Frenchcamus
  3. Middle Englishcamus
  4. Englishcamous

From Middle English camus, from Middle French camus of like meaning, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked, bent”). Doublet of kam (“crooked, awry”).

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