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Middle English
- carayne, carein, caren, careyn, careyne, careyng, carion, carioun, caroigne, caroine, caronye, coroigne, kareyn, karyn
- charoine (early)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French caroigne, carogne, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. Variants with /æi̯/ probably represent the initial stage of vowel reduction; compare Boleyne, Coleyne, variants of Boloyne (“Boulogne”), Coloyne (“Cologne”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈrui̯n(ə)/
- (with reduction) IPA(key): /ˈkaræi̯n(ə)/, /ˈkarɛn(ə)/, /ˈkarin(ə)/
Noun
caroyne (uncountable)
- A corpse; a dead human body.
- Carrion; rotting flesh or corpses.
- (derogatory) That which lacks value or inspires disgust.
- One's body or mortal form.
- One's human or fleshly inclinations.
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