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carnalist

carnalist noun: a sensualist, a hedonist.

Noun

carnalist (plural carnalists)

  1. A sensualist, a hedonist.
    • There is no talking to such; no hope of their conversion; they are in a reprobate sense, meer carnalists, fleshly minded men1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Forms of carnalist

pluralcarnalists

Origin of carnalist

From carnal + -ist.

Questions about carnalist

What does carnalist mean?
Carnalist means a sensualist, a hedonist.
What part of speech is carnalist?
Carnalist is a noun.
What is the plural of carnalist?
The plural of carnalist is carnalists.

Words near carnalist in the dictionary

  1. carnalised
  2. carnalises
  3. carnalising
  4. carnalism
  5. carnalisms
  6. carnalist
  7. carnalists
  8. carnalite
  9. carnalites
  10. carnalities
  11. carnality

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