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corpsy

corpsy adjective: resembling a corpse; resembling that of a corpse.

Adjective

corpsy (comparative more corpsy, superlative most corpsy)

  1. Resembling a corpse; resembling that of a corpse.
    • But I must acknowledge there was something truly corpsy in the solemnity with which he would “lay out” a clean shirt.1866 December, J. W. Palmer, “My Heathen at Home”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 18, page 732
    • How it came back to me! That peculiar feeling—it was only a feeling, you couldn't describe it as an activity—that we used to call 'Church'. The sweet corpsy smell, the rustle of Sunday dresses, the wheeze of the organ and the roaring voices […]1939, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Coming Up for Air

Forms of corpsy

comparativemore corpsy
superlativemost corpsy

Origin of corpsy

From corpse + -y.

Questions about corpsy

What does corpsy mean?
Corpsy means resembling a corpse; resembling that of a corpse.
What part of speech is corpsy?
Corpsy is an adjective.

Words near corpsy in the dictionary

  1. corpspeople
  2. corpsperson
  3. corpspersons
  4. corpswoman
  5. corpswomen
  6. corpsy
  7. corpulence
  8. corpulence index
  9. corpulences
  10. corpulencies
  11. corpulency

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