bodiless

American

[bod-ee-lis, -i-lis] / ˈbɒd i lɪs, -ɪ lɪs /

adjective

having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

bodiless British

/ ˈbɒdɪlɪs /

adjective

having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial

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Other Word Forms

bodilessness

noun

Etymology

Origin of bodiless

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

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

There’s plenty of hypothetical innovation, too: ramjet fusion machines, antimatter engines and “laser porting” of human connectomes to enable bodiless exploration of the cosmos.

From Nature ● Feb. 6, 2018

Quickly, the case of the bodiless woman, whom they now call Jane Doe, went cold.

From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2017

Merrill and Jackson, called “JM” and “DJ” throughout, act as “scribe” and “hand,” respectively: Merrill reshaped into poetry the raw material that Jackson, acting as the “hand” of the bodiless spirits, copied down.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015

But his bodiless self had no voice, and he was unable to call down to where they were.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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