carnal

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Pronunciation

/ˈkɑɹnəl/

Definition of carnal

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

“At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse.”

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adj

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

“At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse.”
Worldly or earthly; temporal.
Of or relating to the body or flesh.

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From Middle English, from Latin carnālis (“fleshly, of the flesh”), from carō (“flesh”). By surface analysis, Latin carn- (“meat, flesh”) + -al.

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