noun
Meaning 1
The state of being carnal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
carnality
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noun
Meaning 2
A preoccupation with sexual desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, lubricity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness
History
Etymology
From Middle English carnalitee, carnalyte, carnalite, from Latin carnālitās, equivalent to carnal + -ity. Compare Old French charnalité.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чувственост (čuvstvenost) — state of being carnal
- Bulgarian: плътско желание (plǎtsko želanie) — state of being carnal
- Irish: collaíocht — state of being carnal
- Swedish: köttslighet — state of being carnal