bodiless

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

/ ˈbɒd i lɪs, -ɪ lɪs /

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adjective

having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

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Origin of bodiless

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bodiless

bod·i·less·ness, noun

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How to use bodiless in a sentence

Elena comments, “All I have are her words, their rhythms — bodiless and abandoned.”
Amanda Dennis’s ‘Her Here’ is a spellbinding existential thriller|Lauren LeBlanc|March 11, 2021|Washington Post
The Twins are mere bodiless names that might have been eliminated altogether.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
And having got at him she held him, a bloodless spirit, a bodiless essence, in the fount of healing.
The Flaw in the Crystal|May Sinclair
There they are shadowed by the ghostly forms of menacing, bodiless shapes!
The Swiss Family Robinson|Johann David Wyss

It sounded bodiless and unearthly in the thin air of that high altitude.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
Such signs are material symbols of their bodiless existence.
Four Weird Tales|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for bodiless

bodiless

/ (ˈbɒdɪlɪs) /

adjective

having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial

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