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corpsey

corpsey adjective: characteristic of or associated with a corpse.

Adjective

corpsey (comparative more corpsey, superlative most corpsey)

  1. Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.
    • Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her.1899, Alan Dale, His Own Image: A Novel, page 228
    • "You do, too,” said Miss Hazy; “ it keeps you from lookin' so corpsey."1903, Alice Hegan Rice, Lovey Mary, page 62

Noun

corpsey (plural corpseys)

  1. (informal, irreverent) A dead body.
    • Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown.1856, William Shakespeare, Charles Knight, The Stratford Shakspere - Volume 4, page 30
    • Taint no odds to corpseys whether 'tis wet or dry.1910, Peter Hampson Ditchfield, The Parson's Pleasance, page 182

Examples of corpsey in a sentence

  • Your body is not going to sit bolt upright on its own corpsey power.2019, Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs: Big questions from tiny mortals about death, page 39:
  • "Thees store can only be obtain by making the es-step over my corpsey."2019, Henry Wallace Phillips, Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders:

Forms of corpsey

Adjective
comparativemore corpsey
superlativemost corpsey
Noun
pluralcorpseys

Origin of corpsey

From corpse + -y.

Questions about corpsey

What does corpsey mean?
Corpsey means characteristic of or associated with a corpse.
How do you use corpsey in a sentence?
Your body is not going to sit bolt upright on its own corpsey power.
What part of speech is corpsey?
Corpsey can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near corpsey in the dictionary

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

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