| 单词 |
carnosity |
| 释义 |
carnosity|kɑːˈnɒsɪtɪ|
[a. F. carnosité (14th c. in Littré, with parallel forms in Pr., Sp., It.), f. L. carnōs-us fleshy: see -ity.]
†1. Fleshiness; pulpiness; flesh or pulp. Obs.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe i. 2 Carnositie or fleshynes, etc. 1601Holland Pliny xv. iii. I. 431 They erre..that they suppose an Oliue the more grown it is in carnositie, to be the fuller of oile. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 670 Their [Golden Apples'] carnosity is very sapid and sweet.
2. A morbid fleshy growth, a caruncle.
1559Morwyng Evonym. 280 If an eye be diseased with blerednes..or any swelling carnosity bred upon it. 1618Fletcher Chances iii. i, What's good for a Carnosity in the bladder? 1751Stack in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 328 Strictures and carnosities of the urethra. 1810Encycl. Brit. (ed. 4) V. 189 Carnosities are very difficult of cure.
†b. fig. Obs.
1613Spelman De non temer. Eccl. (1668) 105 Overgrown with so hard a carnosity, as it requireth strong and potent corrosives to make an entrance. 1689N. Lee Princ. Cleve iv. i, Your thoughts are swell'd with a Carnosity. |
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