Word Study
fleshly
CIDE DICTIONARY
fleshly, a. [AS. fl.].
- Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. Denham. [1913 Webster]
- Animal; not vegetable. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. 2 Cor. i. 12. [1913 Webster]"Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm
And fragile arms." [1913 Webster] - Carnal; wordly; lascivious. [1913 Webster]"Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." [1913 Webster]
fleshly, adv.
In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fleshly, adj. (fleshlier, fleshliest)
1 (of desire etc.) bodily; lascivious; sensual.
2 mortal, not divine.
3 worldly.
1 (of desire etc.) bodily; lascivious; sensual.
2 mortal, not divine.
3 worldly.
Derivative
fleshliness n.
Etymology
OE fl{aelig}sclic (as FLESH)
THESAURUS
fleshly
Adamic, Adamite, Adamitic, Circean, amorous, animal, animalistic, anthropocentric, anthropological, aphrodisiomaniacal, backsliding, bawdy, beastlike, beastly, bestial, bodily, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, carnal-minded, clitoromaniacal, coarse, concupiscent, corporal, corporeal, dirty, earthly, earthy, epicurean, erogenic, erogenous, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotogenic, erotomaniacal, erring, fallen, finite, frail, gamic, goatish, gross, gynecomaniacal, heterosexual, hominal, homocentric, horny, hot, human, humanistic, hylic, hysteromaniacal, impure, infirm, ithyphallic, lapsed, lascivious, lay, lecherous, lewd, libidinal, libidinous, lickerish, lubricious, lustful, luxurious, man-centered, material, materialistic, materiate, mortal, mundane, nonsacred, nonspiritual, nuptial, nymphomaniacal, obscene, of easy virtue, only human, orgiastic, oversexed, peccable, physical, postlapsarian, potent, priapic, procreative, prodigal, profane, prurient, randy, recidivist, recidivistic, reprobate, salacious, satyric, secular, sensual, sensuous, sex, sexed, sexlike, sexual, sexy, somatic, straight, substantial, swinish, sybaritic, tellurian, temporal, unangelic, unblessed, unchaste, unclean, undersexed, ungodly, ungood, unhallowed, unholy, unregenerate, unrighteous, unsacred, unsaintly, unsanctified, unspiritual, unvirtuous, venereal, virtueless, voluptuous, wanton, wayward, weak, worldlyROGET THESAURUS
fleshly
Animality
N animality, animal life, animation, animality, animalization, animalness, corporeal nature, human system, breath, flesh, flesh and blood, physique, strength, fleshly, human, corporeal.For further exploring for "fleshly" in Webster Dictionary Online
