charnosité (c.1240)
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charnosité (c.1240)

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  FEW:  caro 2/i,389b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  carnosité 8,431a / charneuseté 9,52c TL: charnosité 2,277 DEAF:  char 2  DMF:  carnosité  TLF:  carnosité  OED:  carnosity n.  MED:  carnosite n.  DMLBS:  carnositas 284c
charnoseté;  carnoseté,  carnosité  

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1 anat. fleshiness, plumpness (of the human body or part of the body): 
( MS: c.1320-40 ) [...] sauntz charnosité es genoyls,  93v
2pathol.anat.fleshy growth: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  une carnosité qui neist estre (=outside) nature dejuste la coille  i 80
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