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Webster 1913 Edition


Fleshly

Flesh′ly

(flĕsh′ly̆)
,
Adj.
[AS.
flǣsclīc
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.
Fleshly bondage.”
Denham.
2.
Animal; not vegetable.
Dryden.
3.
Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
Fleshly wisdom.”
2 Cor. i. 12.
Much ostentation vain of
fleshly
arm
And fragile arms.
Milton.
4.
Carnal; wordly; lascivious.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
1 Pet. ii. 11.

Flesh′ly

,
adv.
In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fleshly

FLESH'LY

, a.
1.
Pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.
2.
Carnal; worldly; lascivious.
Abstain from fleshly lusts. 1Pet. 2.
3.
Animal; not vegetable.
4.
Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine.
Vain of fleshly arm.
Fleshly wisdom. 2Cor. 1.

Definition 2024


fleshly

fleshly

English

Adjective

fleshly (comparative fleshlier, superlative fleshliest)

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

Translations

Adverb

fleshly (comparative more fleshly, superlative most fleshly)

  1. (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