carrion

Meaning

Noun

Dead flesh; carcasses.
A contemptible or worthless person.

Origin

From Middle English caroigne, borrowed through Anglo-Norman from Old French caroigne (see modern French charogne), from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin caro ("flesh").

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