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incorporal

incorporal is the obsolete form of incorporeal.

Meaning of incorporeal

Adjective

incorporeal (comparative more incorporeal, superlative most incorporeal)

  1. Having no material form or physical substance.
    • Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense.1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.

See all 3 meanings of incorporeal

Origin of incorporal

From Latin incorporalis. See in- (“not”) + corporal, and compare incorporeal.

Words formed from incorporal

Questions about incorporal

What is incorporal the obsolete form of?
Incorporal is the obsolete form of incorporeal.

Words near incorporal in the dictionary

  1. incoronate
  2. incoronated
  3. incoronation
  4. incorp
  5. incorporable
  6. incorporal
  7. incorporalities
  8. incorporality
  9. incorporally
  10. incorporate
  11. incorporated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incorporal (page history and authors); incorporeal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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