different between caricous vs carious

English

Etymology

Latin carica (“a kind of dry fig”) +? -ous.

Adjective

caricous (comparative more caricous, superlative most caricous)

1. Shaped like a fig.
   • 1868, North American Journal of Homoeopathy (volume 16, page 74)

     The hypertrophic condylomata are either caricous, scolloped or jointy.

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Anagrams

• accouris

English

Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cari?s (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from care? (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kaz?? (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *?es- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -?sus (“suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘full of, prone to’”), from Old Latin -?sos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/ (or /?kæ?-/ among careful speakers)
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?k??.i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s
• Hyphenation: ca?ri?ous

Adjective

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

1. Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Derived terms

• cariousness

Related terms

• caries
• dental caries

Translations

Further reading

• tooth decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curiosa