cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corpse (plural corpses)
A dead body.
(archaic, sometimes, derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.
• (dead body): See Thesaurus:corpse
• (body in any state): See Thesaurus:body
corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)
(intransitive, slang, of an actor) To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably.
• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper
Source: Wiktionary
Corpse (krps), n. Etym: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs.]
Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.
2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
– Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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