corporeal

[ kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]
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adjective
  1. of the nature of the physical body; bodily.

  2. material; tangible: corporeal property.

Origin of corporeal

1
First 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

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British Dictionary definitions for corporeal

corporeal

/ (kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /


adjective
  1. of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual

  2. of a material nature; physical

Origin of corporeal

1
C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

Derived forms of corporeal

  • corporeality or corporealness, noun
  • corporeally, adverb

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