Carnosity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Fleshiness. uncountable

    "[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. 2
    A fleshy caruncle or excrescence. countable

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"[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, […]"

Etymology

From carnose + -ity.

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