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corpse

[kawrps]

noun

  1. a dead body, usually of a human being.

    Synonyms:
  2. something no longer useful or viable.

    rusting corpses of old cars.

  3. Obsolete.Ìýa human or animal body, whether alive or dead.



corpse

/ °ìɔ˱è²õ /

noun

  1. a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slangÌýtheatre to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of corpse1

First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English corps; originally spelling variant of cors ( corse ) but the p is now sounded
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of corpse1

C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body
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Synonym Study

See body.
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Example Sentences

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“People were essentially taking bets on how my brother’s corpse would be found and which nefarious shadow group would be behind his death,†Coomer’s brother told the New York Times in 2021.

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Bundy is the book’s charismatic centerpiece, a handsome, well-dressed sociopath in shiny patent-leather shoes, flitting from college to college, job to job, corpse to corpse.

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This class of “carrion flowers†includes many species, but few are as charismatic as Rafflesia arnoldii, also known as the “stinking corpse lily,†which also holds the record as the world’s largest flower.

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It’s also largely responsible for the smell of the delicately-named dead horse arum, a relative of the so-called corpse flower, or titan arum.

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The daughter who found discovered her mother’s body said the dogs had bitten into the corpse, though officials could not confirm this.

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