fleshly

  • 21fleshly — flesh·ly || fleʃlɪ adj. of or pertaining to the flesh; pertaining to the body; sensual; worldly …

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  • 22fleshly — adjective (fleshlier, fleshliest) 1》 relating to the body; sensual. 2》 having an actual physical presence. Origin OE flsclic (see flesh, ly1) …

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  • 23fleshly — a. 1. Human, of flesh. 2. Carnal, sensual, lustful, lascivious, lecherous …

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  • 24fleshly — adjective (only before noun) literary physical, especially sexual …

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  • 25fleshly — adj 1. bodily, physical, corporal, corporeal, somatic, incarnate; material, substantial, palpable, tangible. 2. sensual, carnal, erotic, sensuous, hot, earthy; lusty; animal, bestial, beastly, brutish; lustful, lascivious, lecherous, lewd,… …

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  • 26fleshly — flesh·ly …

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  • 27fleshly — /ˈflɛʃli/ (say fleshlee) adjective (fleshlier, fleshliest) 1. of or relating to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal, or physical. 2. carnal; sensual. 3. worldly, rather than spiritual. 4. Obsolete having much flesh; fleshy. –fleshliness, noun …

  • 28fleshly — adj. (fleshlier, fleshliest) 1 (of desire etc.) bodily; lascivious; sensual. 2 mortal, not divine. 3 worldly. Derivatives: fleshliness n. Etymology: OE flaeligsclic (as FLESH) …

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  • 29fleshly school of poetry — ▪ English group       a group of late 19th century English poets associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Rossetti, Dante Gabriel). The term was invented by the Scottish author Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901) and appeared as the title of a… …

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  • 30FLESHLY SCHOOL —    a name given by Robert Buchanan to a realistic school of poets, to which Rossetti, William Morris, and Swinburne belong …

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