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carol

“carol” is a Venetan word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. woodworm
  2. dental caries

Examples

  • La moderna tecnologia la mete a disposiẑion legn tratadi par resister al umido e al carol e i i trau lamelari che i dà la possibilità de far canpade pì longhe e i ga manco difet del legn natural.
  • In tel 1965, McCain sposò Carol Shepp, na modea che la vegneva da Filadelfia, in Pennsylvania.

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Etymology

Metathesized from earlier *cariōlu (“agent of decay”, literally “little wood thing”), from Latin caries (“decay, rot, corruption”). Compare Old Lombard carolento (“worm-eaten, carious”).

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