carnosity

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noun

Fleshiness.

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Meanings

nouncarnosity (countable and uncountable, plural carnosities)

plural carnosities

  1. uncountableFleshiness.

    [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, […]

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XV.] The Natures of Trees that Beare Fruit.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 431
  2. countableA fleshy caruncle or excrescence.

Origin

From carnose + -ity.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

carnosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnosity

MLA

“carnosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carnosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnosity.

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