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discarnate

discarnate adjective: stripped of flesh.

Adjective

discarnate (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Stripped of flesh.
  2. Having no physical body or form; disembodied.
    • "Sho," she muttered, allowing soft, discarnate voices to articulate and move on.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 79
    • But there are latent powers within man alone that are not yet fully understood and [...] we cannot definitely state what is, and what is not, due to the interference or influence of discarnate intelligences.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275

Antonyms of discarnate

Origin of discarnate

From Renaissance Latin discarnatus, alteration of Classical Latin dēcarnātus. Compare decarnate.

Questions about discarnate

What does discarnate mean?
Discarnate means stripped of flesh.
What part of speech is discarnate?
Discarnate is an adjective.

Words near discarnate in the dictionary

  1. discarding
  2. discardings
  3. discardment
  4. discards
  5. discardure
  6. discarnate
  7. discarnation
  8. discarthrosis
  9. discase
  10. discased
  11. discases

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