bodiless

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

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adjective

having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

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

Words Nearby bodiless

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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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