visceral

Adjective

visceral (comparative more visceral, superlative most visceral)

1. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
   • visceral remains
   • [W]hat sign / Of visceral lightness, coloured to a shade, / May charm the genial gods, and what fair spots / Commend the lung and liver.1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Prometheus Bound. From the Greek of Æschylus.”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 161

   Synonyms:

   splanchnic

   Antonyms:

   parietal

   1. Of a disease: involving the viscera.
   2. Of or relating to the viscera or bowels regarded as the origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively), relating to or having deep internal feelings or sensibility.
      • […] Christ sends Paracletum, in a more entire, and a more internal, and more visceral sense, a Comforter.1627 May 23 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “Sermon XXVI. Preached at St. Paul’s, upon Whitsunday, 1627.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume I...
      • Love is of all other the inmoſt and moſt viſcerall affection. And therefore called by the Apoſtle, Bovvels of Love. And vve read of the yearning of Ioſephs bovvels over Benjamin his mothers ſonne, […]1640, Edward Reynolds, “Of the Effects of Love, Union to the Object, Stay and Immoration of the Mind upon It, Rest in It, Zeale, Strength, and Tendernesse towards It, Condescention unto It...
2. (figuratively) Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
   • Our meditation of his [Jesus's] death should be more viſeral, and affect us more, becauſe it is of a thing already done.a. 1631 (date written), John Donne, “The 26 Sermon. Psa[lm] 68. 20.”, in XXVI. Sermons (Never before Publish’d) Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine John Donne, […] The Third Volume, London...
   • [T]he discretion of an aristocrat is in his head, a tactical detail, it has nothing to do with this visceral sinking, this ebb in the nerves.1915 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Prelude: On Fear and Aristocracy”, in The Research Magnificent, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, § 4, page 16

   Antonyms:

   cerebral

3. (figuratively, obsolete) (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body.
   • [T]here is none good but God; there is centrical, visceral, gremial gold, goodness in the root, in the tree of goodness, God.1624 March 14 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “Sermon XIV. Preached at Whitehall, March 4, 1624.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume I, London...