carnal
car.nal \'ka:rn-*l\ \ka:r-'nal-*t-e-\ \'ka:rn-*l-e-\ aj [ME, fr. ONF or LL;
ONF, fr. LL carnalis, fr. L carn-, caro f]lesh; akin to Gk keirein to cut
1: BODILY, CORPOREAL 2a: marked by sexuality 2b: relating to or given to
crude bodily pleasures 3a: TEMPORAL 3b: WORLDLY a relation to the body.
CARNAL may mean only this but more often connotes derogatorily an action or
manifestation of man's lower nature; FLESHLY is somewhat less condemnatory
than CARNAL; SENSUAL may apply to any gratification of a bodily desire or
pleasure but commonly implies sexual appetite with absence of the spiritual
or intellectual; ANIMAL stresses a relation to man's physical as
distinguished from his rational nature usu. without definitely derogatory
suggestion - car.nal.i.ty n SYN syn CARNAL, FLESHLY, SENSUAL, ANIMAL mean
having