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Fleshly vs Salacious - What's the difference?

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Fleshly is a related term of salacious.


As adjectives the difference between fleshly and salacious

is that fleshly is corporeal or bodily while salacious is promoting sexual desire or lust.

As an adverb fleshly

is (obsolete) carnally; sexually.

fleshly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • 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
  • (Dryden)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Carnally; sexually.
  • *:
  • *: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
  • salacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Promoting sexual desire or lust.
  • Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
  • Synonyms

    * ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

    Derived terms

    * salaciousness