carnosity

English

Etymology

From carnose +‎ -ity

Noun

carnosity (countable and uncountable, plural carnosities)

1. (uncountable) Fleshiness.
   • 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:

     [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, […]

2. (countable) A fleshy caruncle or excrescence.

Related terms

• carnose

Anagrams

• crayonist