carnal
Meaning
- Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
- Worldly or earthly; temporal.
- Of or relating to the body or flesh.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɑɹnəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”).
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