bodiless

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

/ ˈbɒd i lɪs, -ɪ lɪs /

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adjective

having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

Nearby words

bodhran, bodhrán, bodice, bodice ripper, bodied, bodiless, bodily, boding, bodingly, bodkin, bodleian

Origin of bodiless

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

Related formsbod·i·less·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for bodiless

She flashed out an angry light, and he fell from me a bodiless blotch.
Lilith|George MacDonald
Nor did I ever discover what instrument, whether of man or Ariel, had released a strain so pure and yet so bodiless.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
Surely he, whom the winds and bodiless voices obey, must be a god, and no mortal man.
Children of the Dawn|Elsie Finnimore Buckley
He had passively accepted the bodiless conversation, because it was at least intelligible!
Under the Redwoods|Bret Harte

He felt as if he were pushing against a fearful obstacle which was bodiless and without pity.
Stories from Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore

British Dictionary definitions for bodiless

bodiless

/ (ˈbɒdɪlɪs) /

adjective

having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial

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bodiless

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bodiless

adjective