bodiless

[bod-ee-lis, -i-lis]

adjective

1. having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

bodiless

/ ˈbɒdɪlɪs /

adjective

1. having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial

Other Word Forms

• bodilessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodiless¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, bodiless is from the Middle English word bodiles. See body, -less

Example Sentences

“It is very difficult to talk in Afrikaans …,” begins the bodiless voice.

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Elena comments, “All I have are her words, their rhythms — bodiless and abandoned.”

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But it is unusual for them to stream in as a bodiless apparition.

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I miss, too, the heat of a club so packed, I feel invisible in it, when you’re feeling nameless, weightless and bodiless but somehow also all things at once.

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“Just imagine the conversations one might have with a bodiless priest.”

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