Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carneous

/ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-neous
IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.

Uncountable

adj

Consisting of, or like, flesh; fleshy.

adj

Carneous-colored.

Example Sentences

"Abdomen conical, gray, with a flattened hairy tuft on the first segment, and the usual lateral tufts, which together with the anus are tinged with carneous."
"The anal segment tinged with with carneous."
"A very faint yellowish shading to the line and also on the costa at the inception of t.p. line, where A, bicarnea is strongly marked with carneous."
"Primaries brownish with numerous straw-colored spots ocellated with carneous inclining to pink."
"carneous degeneration"
"carneous fibres"

Etymology

Latin carneus.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more carneous (comparative) most carneous (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce carneous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑː(ɹ)niəs/.
What does carneous mean?: A pale pink or beige color; peach or flesh-tone.
Where does carneous come from?: Latin carneus.

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