fleshliness
(ˈflɛʃlɪnɪs)
[OE. flǽsclicness, f. flǽsclic, fleshly + -ness.]
1. † a. In O.E.: Incarnate condition. b. Fleshly quality or state, carnality; ‘carnal passions or appetites’ (J.).
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 278 Se ðe, æfter menniscum wisdome, wile smeagan ymbe ða ᵹerynu Christes flæsclicnysse. 1388 Wyclif Deut. xvii. 17 Ful many wyues..drawen his [the King's] soule to ouer myche fleischlynesse. 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 84 Thre maner of people..were called to oure Lordes soper, and came not, for pryde for worldlynesse and for flesshelynesse. 1658 Whole Duty Man xvi. 343 'Tis the carnality and fleshliness of our hearts that makes it seem so. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 338 That extreme creed which satisfies a sensuous and sensual fleshliness. |
† 2. Fullness of flesh; fleshiness. Obs.—0
| 1552 Huloet, Fleshlines, or abundaunce of flesh called carnositye, carnositas. 1580 Baret Alv. G 569 Grossenesse, or fleshlinesse, corpulentia. 1611 Cotgr., Carnosité, fleshlinesse, fulnesse of flesh. |