carnal
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Adjective — Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
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How to use carnal
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carnal desire
carnal knowledge
carnal pleasures
Fairly formal or literary; in everyday speech people usually just say "physical" or "sexual."
Etymology
From Latin carnalis, "of the flesh," from caro/carnis ("flesh, meat") — the same root behind "carnivore" and "carnation."
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