Fleshly vs Lecherous - What's the difference?
fleshly | lecherous | 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
Fleshly is a related term of lecherous.
As adjectives the difference between fleshly and lecherous
is that fleshly is corporeal or bodily while lecherous is given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.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)