caroigne

English

Etymology

See carrion.

Noun

caroigne

  1. (obsolete) Dead body; carrion.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
    • Piers Plowman
      The kirke shal haue my caroigne and kepe my bones.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for caroigne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *cariona, from carō, carnis (“flesh”).

Noun

caroigne f (oblique plural caroignes, nominative singular caroigne, nominative plural caroignes)

  1. carrion

Descendants

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