EXCARNATE

Adjective

excarnate (not comparable)

Deprived or stripped of flesh.

Verb

excarnate (third-person singular simple present excarnates, present participle excarnating, simple past and past participle excarnated)

(transitive) To deprive or strip of flesh.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*car"nate, v. t. Etym: [LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh.]

Definition: To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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