carnivorousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English carnivorous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English carnivorousness From carnivorous + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being a carnivore.
. . . Shows ample evidence carnivorousness Is not impaired by conjugal estate; The flesh consumed, the beefy brethren speed'ly separate.
1854, John Coventry, Viator: a poem:
Coordinates
herbivorousness · omnivorousness · frugivorousness