CORPUS

corpus

(noun) the main part of an organ or other bodily structure

corpus

(noun) a collection of writings; “he edited the Hemingway corpus”

principal, corpus, principal sum

(noun) capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

corpus (plural corpora or corpuses or corpusses or corpi)

A collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic or a particular author, etc.

Synonyms: collection, compilation, aggregation, Thesaurus:body

(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.

Synonyms: digital corpus, text corpus

(uncommon) A body, a collection.

Synonyms: collection, Thesaurus:body

Etymology 2

Noun

corpus (uncountable)

(printing, dated) synonym of long primer

Anagrams

• croups

Etymology

Proper noun

Corpus

(informal) Corpus Christi (city in Texas)

Source: Wiktionary

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Cor"pus (-ps), n.; pl. Corpora (-p. Etym: [L.]

Definition: A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain.

– Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.

– Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.

– Corpus delicti (d Etym: [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime.

– Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary.

– Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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