fleshly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the physical body or to flesh rather than the mind or spirit

   The poem contrasts fleshly weakness with spiritual resolve.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to sensual, especially sexual, appetites or pleasures

   The preacher warned his listeners against fleshly temptations.

Common collocations

• fleshly desire Adjective + noun

From Middle English fleschly, continuing Old English flaesclic, and later analyzed as flesh plus -ly. The contrast between the flesh and the spirit gave the word its long-standing religious and moral sense.

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