corporeal
[ kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]
/ kɔrˈpɔr i əl, -ˈpoʊr- /
adjective
of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
material; tangible: corporeal property.
RELATED WORDS
material, carnal, corporal, fleshly, fleshy, human, mortal, objective, phenomenal, sensible, substantial, tangible, somatic, anatomical
Nearby words
- corporatism,
- corporatist,
- corporative,
- corporatize,
- corporator,
- corporeity,
- corposant,
- corps,
- corps de ballet,
- corps diplomatique
Origin of corporeal
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corpore(us) bodily (corpor- (stem of corpus) body + -eus adj. suffix) + -al1
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corporeal
/ (kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /
adjective
of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
of a material nature; physical
Word Origin for corporeal
C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body
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corporeal
early 15c., with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus "of the nature of a body," from corpus "body" (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep- "body, form, appearance," probably from a verbal root meaning "to appear" (cf. Sanskrit krp- "form, body," Avestan kerefsh "form, body," Old English hrif "belly," Old High German href "womb, belly, abdomen").
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corporeal
[ kôr-pôr′ē-əl ]
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body.
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