carious

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carious

/ˈkɛəɹi.əs/ UK
/ˈkɛəi.əs/ US
/ˈkæɹi.əs/ US
/ˈkɛɹi.əs/

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs, -æɹi.əs

Where it comes from

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“full of, prone to”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

adjective more carious · most carious

Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten. [I]f no Acid be contain’d in the Blood how comes it, I beſeech you, that in Carious or Virulent Ulcers, the Silver Probe becomes inſtantly of a Livid Colour, which can only be effected by an Acid not an Alkalous Menſtruum?

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adj having caries (bone or tooth decay)

Português	cariado
Français	carieux
Italiano	cariato
Русский	карио́зный karióznyj

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@misc{carious_2026,
  title = {carious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}