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carnosity

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Car`nos´i`ty
n.1.
1.(Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
2.Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity.
- Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity.
- Holland.

carnosity
Obsolete, fleshiness; obesity.
See also: Body, Human


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