carrion
pronunciation
How to pronounce carrion in British English:
UK [ˈkæriən]
How to pronounce carrion in American English:
US [ˈkæriən]
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- Noun:
- dead and rotting flesh; unfit for human food
- the dead and rotting body of an animal
Word Origin
- carrion
- carrion: [13] Ultimately, carrion is a derivative of Latin carō ‘flesh’ (source also of English carnal). This appears to have had a Vulgar Latin offshoot *carōnia, which entered English via Anglo-Norman caroine. At first it was used in English for ‘dead body’, but before the end of the 13th century the current sense ‘flesh unfit for human consumption’ had begun to establish itself.=> carnal, crone
- carrion (n.)
- early 13c., carione, from Anglo-French carogne (Old North French caroigne; Old French charogne, 12c., "carrion, corpse," Modern French charogne), from Vulgar Latin *caronia "carcass" (source of Italian carogna, Spanish carroña "carrion"), from Latin caro "meat" (see carnage).
Example
- 1. Some eat fruit , fungi , carrion , or insects .
- 2. The raven will seek the carrion .
- 3. The vultures also had a third role : clearing human carrion .
- 4. Carrion will lie in the sun .
- 5. Danielle stordeur an archaeologist at the national center for scientific research in france emphasizes the significance of the vulture carvings . Some cultures have long believed the high-flying carrion birds transported the flesh of the dead up to the heavens .