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Re: if ARs is the Devil incarnate,
incarnate, is of course rooted, not in red, but in carn, caro-- flesh (see carnal for more information) not in carmine, based on a arabic word for qirmiz, an insect who's shell is used to create a red dye.
to be incarate, is to be made (of) flesh..
the same root shows up in words like carrion.. and carnage,
and in spanish and italian, the root give rise to the name for butcher(meat) stores.. (i don't remember the exact word in either language, but i remember recognizing the name for such stores was very close to carnivore-- which i knew meat meat eating.. when i was still in elementary school!)
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