Definitions
(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
Word origin
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-)).
Used in a sentence
“My father’s museum contained several preparations of carious teeth.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Decayed, as teeth”7 letters
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