Definition of VISCERAL

visceral

Meanings

Adjective

  • relating to or affecting the viscera
    • "visceral bleeding"

Adjective Satellite

  • obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

Adj

  • 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”).
  • Of a disease: involving the viscera.
  • 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”).
  • 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.
  • 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”).
  • Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
  • (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French viscéral (modern French viscéral), or from its etymon Medieval Latin viscerālis (“internal”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Viscerālis is derived from Latin viscera (a plural form of vīscus (“internal organ of the body”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to rotate, turn”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
cognates
* Old French visceral (Middle French viscéral, modern French viscéral)
* Italian viscerale
* Spanish visceral

Scrabble Score: 13

visceral is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
visceral is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
visceral is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

visceral is a valid Words With Friends word