Definitions for CORPSE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remainsnoun

   the dead body of a human being

   "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. corpsenoun

   a dead body

2. corpseverb

   to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably

3. Etymology: From corpus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corps, Corpsenoun

   Etymology: corps, Fr. corpus, Latin.

   1. A body, in contempt.

   Though plenteous, all too little seems
   To stuff this man, this vast unhide-bound corps. John Milton.

   He looks as man was made, with face erect,
   That scorns his brittle corps, and seems asham’d
   He’s not all spirit. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   2. A carcase; a dead body; a corse.

   Not a friend greet
   My poor corps, where my bones shall be thrown. William Shakespeare.

   There was the murder’d corps in covert laid,
   And violent death in thousand shapes display’d. John Dryden, Fables.

   See where the corps of thy dead son approaches. Addison.

   The corpse was laid out upon the floor by the emperor’s command: he then bid every one light his flambeau, and stand about the dead body. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 99.

   3. A body of forces.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CORPSE

   Corpse Husband (born August 8, 1997), commonly abbreviated as Corpse and stylized as CORPSE, is an American YouTuber and musician. Corpse is best known for his music and "faceless" work on YouTube. He is mostly known for his horror story narration and Among Us content. He also gained notable recognition for his deep low-pitched voice.

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1. corpse

   A corpse is the dead body of a human or animal. It is usually referred to after biological death has occurred, and it can be a subject of anatomy studies, dissections, autopsies, or funeral rites.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corpsenoun

   a human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously

2. Corpsenoun

   the dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig

3. Etymology: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corpse

   korps, or kors, n. the dead body of a human being.—ns. Corpse′-can′dle, a light seen hovering over a grave—an omen of death; Corpse′-gate, the lichgate (see Lichgate). [M. E. corps, earlier cors—O. Fr. cors, the body—L. corpus.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corpse

   Jack's term for the party of marines embarked; the corps.

Matched Categories

1. • Dead Body

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CORPSE' in Nouns Frequency: #2709

Anagrams for CORPSE »

1. copers

How to pronounce CORPSE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CORPSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CORPSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of CORPSE in a Sentence

1. Judge Kang Dong-hyeok:

   The defendant deserves a heavy jail term considering the pain the victim must have gone through, the bitter emotion that the victim had to end her life in a foreign country this way, and sadness for the victim's bereaved family who lost their beloved family member, the victim is now returning to her homeland as a corpse.

2. Minna Antrim:

   The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

3. Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah:

   There is no need to panic. The corpse has been buried and our contact tracing has started work.

4. Andy Boucher:

   He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones.

5. Aeschylus:

   O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CORPSE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corpse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CORPSE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CORPSE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CORPSE
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=CORPSE