Fleshly vs Lewd - What's the difference?
fleshly | lewd | Related terms |
corporeal or bodily
* Denham
sensual; carnal; lascivious
* Bible, 1 Peter ii. 11
worldly
* Bible, 2 Corinthians i. 12
(obsolete) animal; not vegetable
(obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
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*:Syr said Launcelot ye saye that that good kny?t is my sone That ou?test 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
Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
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(obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
* Sir J. Davies
(obsolete) Uneducated.
(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 5.
* Southey
(obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
Fleshly is a related term of lewd.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between fleshly and lewd
is that fleshly is (obsolete) carnally; sexually while lewd is (obsolete) base, vile, reprehensible.As adjectives the difference between fleshly and lewd
is that fleshly is corporeal or bodily while lewd is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.As an adverb fleshly
is (obsolete) carnally; sexually.fleshly
English
Adjective
(er)- Fleshly bondage.
- Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
- Fleshly wisdom.
- (Dryden)
Adverb
(en adverb)lewd
English
Adjective
(er)Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
- Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.
- So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.
- But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.
- Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.