caroyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• carayne, carein, caren, careyn, careyne, careyng, carion, carioun, caroigne, caroine, caronye, coroigne, kareyn, karyn
• charoine (early)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French caroigne, carogne, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia. Variants with /æi̯/ probably represent the initial stage of vowel reduction; compare Boleyne, Coleyne, variants of Boloyne (“Boulogne”), Coloyne (“Cologne”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrui̯n(ə)/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈkaræi̯n(ə)/, /ˈkarɛn(ə)/, /ˈkarin(ə)/

Noun

caroyne (uncountable)

1. A corpse; a dead human body.
2. Carrion; rotting flesh or corpses.
3. (derogatory) That which lacks value or inspires disgust.
   1. One's body or mortal form.
   2. One's human or fleshly inclinations.

Descendants

• English: carrion
• Scots: carrion

References

• “careine, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.