[1555–65; ‹ L carnōsus fleshy, equiv. to carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -ōsus-ose1]This word is first recorded in the period 1555–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chorus, corona, incompatible, probe, review-ose is a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “aboundingin,” “given to,” “like”. Other words that use the affix -ose include: frondose, globose, jocose, otiose, verbose