CARNALITY

prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity

(noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carnality (countable and uncountable, plural carnalities)

The state of being carnal.

A preoccupation with sexual desire.

Source: Wiktionary


Car*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. carnalitas.]

Definition: The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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