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carnal

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹnəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English carnal, from Old French charnel, from Late Latin carnālis (“fleshy”), from oblique stem of Latin carō, carnis (“meat, flesh”) + -ālis (whence -al).

  1. 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.

  2. Worldly or earthly; temporal.
  3. Of or relating to the body or flesh.