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Word of the day
for July 18
carrion n
  1. (uncountable)
    1. Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
    2. (figurative) Corrupt or horrid matter.
    3. (obsolete, figurative) Filth, garbage.
    4. (obsolete, figurative, derogatory) The flesh of a living human body; also (Christianity), sinful human nature.
  2. (countable, obsolete)
    1. A dead body; a carcass, a corpse.
    2. (figurative) An animal which is in poor condition or worthless; also, an animal which is a pest or vermin.
    3. (figurative, derogatory) A contemptible or worthless person.

carrion adj

  1. (chiefly derogatory) Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh.
  2. (figurative)
    1. Disgusting, horrid, rotten.
    2. (derogatory) Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful.
  3. (obsolete)
    1. Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrawny
    2. Of or pertaining to death.
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