corporeal

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    having material or physical form or substance
    affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

Word Origin

corporeal (adj.)
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" (cognates: Sanskrit krp- "form, body," Avestan kerefsh "form, body," Old English hrif "belly," Old High German href "womb, belly, abdomen").

Antonym

adj.

spiritual

Example

1. I was interested in corporeal strangeness .
2. Corporeal quantity and its unit consolidate exercise .
3. And so-called punishment also be unequal to corporeal punishment .
4. That is corporeal lust of the highest order .
5. Things are corporeal objects susceptible of human control .

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