corporeal

[ kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]
/ kɔrˈpɔr i əl, -ˈpoʊr- /
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adjective

of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
material; tangible: corporeal property.

Origin of corporeal

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corpore(us) bodily ( corpor- (stem of corpus) body + -eus adj. suffix) + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM corporeal

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH corporeal

corporal corporeal

Words nearby corporeal

corporation tax, corporatism, corporative, corporatize, corporator, corporeal, corporeity, corposant, corps, corps de ballet, corps diplomatique

Words related to corporeality

thing, material, element, phenomenon, matter, truth, existence, sensibility, realism, point, information, piece, word, business, anything, concept, object, person, everything, stuff

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British Dictionary definitions for corporeality

corporeal
/ (kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
of a material nature; physical

Derived forms of corporeal

corporeality or corporealness, noun corporeally, adverb

Word Origin for corporeal

C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body

Medical definitions for corporeality

corporeal
[ kôr-pôr′ē-əl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body.