uncoffined

[ uhn-kaw-find, -kof-ind ]

adjective

1. not put into a coffin:

   an uncoffined corpse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncoffined¹

First recorded in 1640–50; un- ¹ + coffin + -ed ³

Example Sentences

There were some tiny kists for children, but a great number of the bodies had been buried uncoffined.

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Here the mourners gathered round to take a last look of the uncoffined corpses of the brave.

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Here they would lie, uncoffined and unburied for years, moldering into dust, their cruel fate forever hidden from men.

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"They say they must bury the corpses uncoffined soon," Joseph heard him whisper to his foreman as he passed by.

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He cites the burial fees paid to the parson as twice as much for coffined as for uncoffined corpses.

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