carnality
pronunciation
How to pronounce carnality in British English: UK [kɑ:'nælɪtɪ]
How to pronounce carnality in American English: US [kɑ'nælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- feeling morbid sexual desire
Word Origin
- carnality (n.)
- early 15c., "sensuality," from Late Latin carnalitas, from Latin carnalis (see carnal). Meaning "state of being flesh, fleshliness" is from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. Rodin 's depiction insists on the carnality of love . So do hogarth 's paired paintings before and after .
- 2. In the last scene of the ballet the young princess throws herself upon l ~ er lover in a moment of pure carnality .