fleshly

English

Etymology

From flesh +‎ -ly.

Adjective

fleshly (comparative fleshlier, superlative fleshliest)

corporeal or bodily
- Denham
  Fleshly bondage.
sensual; carnal; lascivious
- Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11
  Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
worldly
- Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12
  Fleshly wisdom.
(obsolete) animal; not vegetable
(Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

Translations

corporeal, bodily

Bulgarian: плътски (bg) (plǎtski), телесен (bg) (telesen)

Finnish: ruumiillinen (fi), lihallinen (fi)

sensual

Bulgarian: чувствен (bg) (čuvstven)
Finnish: aistillinen (fi), lihallinen (fi)

Italian: sensuale (it), carnale (it), lascivo (it)
Romanian: lasciv (ro), trupesc (ro)

worldly

Bulgarian: тленен (bg) (tlenen)

Finnish: lihallinen (fi)

Adverb

fleshly (comparative more fleshly, superlative most fleshly)

(obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter ij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
  Syr said Launcelot ye saye that that good knyȝt is my sone That ouȝtest thow to knowe and no man better said the good man / For thow knewest the doughter of kyng Pelles flesshely / and on her thow begattest Galahad / And that was he that at the feest of Pentecost satte in the sege peryllous

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