carnal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Latin carnālis (“‘fleshly, of the flesh (ML. natural, of the same blood or descent)’”) < caro (“‘flesh’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)nəl

[edit] Adjective

carnal (comparative more carnal, superlative most carnal)

1. relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
2. worldly or earthly; temporal
3. of or relating to the body or flesh

[edit] Derived terms

• carnal knowledge

[edit] Related terms

• incarnate
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

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[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