carneol
English
Alternative forms
- carneole
Etymology
From Medieval Latin carneolus (“carnelian”), diminutive of Latin carneus (“fleshy”).
Noun
carneol (plural carneols)
- (now rare, historical) Carnelian.
- 1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press 1999, p. 71:
- The two of them had continued […] to a reception room decorated with arabesques and inscriptions, designs inlaid with agate and carneol, others painted in gold, turquoise and purple, all the most precious colours.
- 1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press 1999, p. 71:
Anagrams
- Carlone, Lorance, corneal