carneol

English

Alternative forms

• carneole

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carneolus (“carnelian”), diminutive of Latin carneus (“fleshy”).

Noun

carneol (plural carneols)

1. (now rare, historical) Carnelian.
   • 1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press, published 1999, page 71:

     The two of them had continued […] to a reception room decorated with arabesques and inscriptions, designs inlaid with agate and carneol, others painted in gold, turquoise and purple, all the most precious colours.

Anagrams

• Carlone, Lorance, corneal