Word Study
visceral
CIDE DICTIONARY
visceral, a. [Cf. F. viscéral, LL. visceralis.].
- Of, pertaining to, or affecting the viscera; splanchnic. [1913 Webster]
- Fig.: Having deep sensibility. Bp. Reynolds. [1913 Webster]
- proceeding from emotion or instinct rather than from intellect; deeply emotional; -- as, a visceral reaction. [PJC]
- dealing with coarse or base emotions; -- as, a visceral literary style. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
visceral, adj.
1 of the viscera.
2 relating to inward feelings rather than conscious reasoning.
1 of the viscera.
2 relating to inward feelings rather than conscious reasoning.
Idiom
visceral nerve a sympathetic nerve (see SYMPATHETIC adj. 9).
Derivative
viscerally adv.
THESAURUS
visceral
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