cariosity

cariosity
[ˌkærɪ'ɒsɪtɪ]
excite
intellectual
unquenchable cariosity
whet (one's) cariosity
to arouse
to satisfy one's cariosity
cariosity about
out of cariosity (he did it out of cariosity)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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  • Cariosity — Ca ri*os i*ty, n. (Med.) Caries. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cariosity — See carious. * * * …   Universalium

  • cariosity — car·i·os·i·ty (kar″e osґĭ te) the quality of being carious …   Medical dictionary

  • cariosity — n. caries (Medicine); tooth and bone decay (Pathology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cariosity — n. See caries …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • cariosity — …   Useful english dictionary

  • carious — cariosity /kair ee os i tee/, cariousness, n. /kair ee euhs/, adj. having caries, as teeth; decayed. [1520 30; < L cariosus decayed, rotten, equiv. to cari(es) CARIES + osus OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • cariousness — See cariosity. * * * …   Universalium

  • caries — n. [L.] (Med.) Ulceration (of a bone), cariosity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • decay — v 1. decline, sicken, fail, waste away, atrophy, ebb, wane, dwindle; wither, degenerate, deteriorate, molder, crumble, fall to pieces, disintegrate, wear away, corrode. 2. spoil, rot, go bad, putrefy, decompose. n 3. decline, failing, weakening,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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