corporeal
[ kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]
adjective
of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
material; tangible: corporeal property.
Origin of corporeal
1First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin corpore(us) “bodily” (corpor- (stem of corpus “body”) + -eus adjective suffix) + -al1
synonym study For corporeal
1. See physical.
Opposites for corporeal
Other words from corporeal
- cor·po·re·al·i·ty, cor·po·re·al·ness, noun
- cor·po·re·al·ly, adverb
- non·cor·po·re·al, adjective
- non·cor·po·re·al·i·ty, noun
- trans·cor·po·re·al, adjective
Words that may be confused with corporeal
- corporal, corporeal
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British Dictionary definitions for corporeal
corporeal
/ (kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /
adjective
of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
of a material nature; physical
Origin of corporeal
1C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body
Derived forms of corporeal
- corporeality or corporealness, noun
- corporeally, adverb
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