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corpseses

corpseses noun: an irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.

Noun

corpseses

  1. (literary) An irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.
    • [W]ith a jeer about "stinking corpseses," the villains went away for the night.1873, Stephen J. MacKenna, Kings Beeches: Stories of Old Chums, page 353
    • "It's a judgment on us, sir - that's my view; and I, for one, is of opinion that the judgment isn't half done yet, and when it is done we shall be done too, and just stop in these beastly caves with the ghosts and the corpseses for once and all."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Origin of corpseses

corpses + -es.

Questions about corpseses

What does corpseses mean?
Corpseses means an irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.
What part of speech is corpseses?
Corpseses is a noun.

Words near corpseses in the dictionary

  1. corpsepaint
  2. corpser
  3. corpsers
  4. corpses
  5. corpses-to-be
  6. corpseses
  7. corpsey
  8. corpseys
  9. corpsicle
  10. corpsicles
  11. corpsing

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