Definition of Carnivorousness

1. Noun. The quality of being a carnivore. ¹

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Definition of Carnivorousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnivorousness

carnivalesque
carnivalistic
carnivals
carnivoracity
carnivoran
carnivorans
carnivore
carnivores
carnivories
carnivorism
carnivorous
carnivorous bat
carnivorous plant
carnivorously
carnivorousness
carnivory
carnivourous
carnography
carnosaur
carnosaurs
carnose
carnosinase
carnosine
carnosine synthetase
carnosities
carnosity
carnot efficiency
carnotite

Literary usage of Carnivorousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"... I am strongly disposed to connect much of ils peculiar manifestations with the Lombard's habits of eating and drinking, especially his carnivorousness. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1872)
"This extreme carnivorousness produces, as is natural, an absence of sensibility, which is displayed even in the most delicate individuals of the species. ..."

3. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1877)
"... (animal rage, carnivorousness in political economy,— competition, as of horses with swinging spurs at their sides in the Roman corso, in science, ..."

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