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carnal knowledge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (archaic, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
    • The legal definition of rape, is the carnal knowledge of a woman by force, and against her will. The carnal knowledge of a child, under ten years of age, with or without her consent, is considered rape. 1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, page 309:
    • to have carnal knowledge of someone
    • to knock a woman, to have carnal knowledge of her 1785, [Francis Grose], “Knock”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC:

Relateds

carnal commerce · know someone in the biblical sense

Translations (10)

es trato carnal (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · es ayuntamiento carnal (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · it domestichezza (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · ga fios collaí (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · bg полово сношение (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · it rapporto carnale (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · de Beiwohnung (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · fi lihallinen yhteys (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · cmn 性交 (archaic term for sexual intercourse) · nl gemeenschap (archaic term for sexual intercourse)