carneous

English

Etymology

Latin carneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/

Adjective

carneous (comparative more carneous, superlative most carneous)

1. (archaic) Consisting of, or like, flesh; fleshy.
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

     carneous fibres

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “carneous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Crusoean, nacreous