VISCERAL

PRONUNCIATION: (VIS-uhr-uhl)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Related to viscera.
2. Instinctive, not reasoning or intellectual.
3. Dealing with base emotions; earthy, crude.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viscera (internal organs), plural of viscus (flesh). From the belief that viscera were the seat of emotions. Earliest documented use: 1575.
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PISCERAL - pertaining to fishes

MISCERAL - about a mixed bag of various kinds of things

VI-SCLERAL - having six eyes