carneol

English

Alternative forms
  • carneole

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carneolus (“carnelian”), diminutive of Latin carneus (“fleshy”).

Noun

carneol (plural carneols)

  1. (now rare, historical) Carnelian.
    • 1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press, published 1999, page 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.

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