carious

1. 1.

   (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about carious

What does carious mean?

carious means "(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay".

How many syllables are in carious?

carious has 3 syllables: ca-ri-ous. The stress falls on "ri".

Is carious a common word?

carious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.