carnal
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh (Medieval Latin natural, of the same blood or descent)”), from caro (“flesh”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)nəl
[edit] Adjective
carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)
- relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
- worldly or earthly; temporal
- of or relating to the body or flesh
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
of or relating to the body or flesh
[edit] External links
- carnal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- carnal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
