Definition of carnal

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car·nal    (kärnl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites: carnal desire.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal: the carnal world.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily: carnal remains.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old North French carnel, from Latin carnlis, from Latin car, carn-, flesh; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
car·nali·ty  (kär-nl-t) KEY (Noun), carnal·ly(Adverb)