bodiless

English

Etymology

From Middle English bodyles, bodiles, equivalent to body +‎ -less.

Adjective

bodiless (not comparable)

1. Lacking a body; incorporeal.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 162–163:

     Ever and anon the cheek wore a deeper crimson, and the dark eyes filled with sudden fire, as he felt the idea clothe itself in words tangible to the many, as its bodiless presence had previously been to himself.

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 21:

     Be satisfied that I will not have done with thee until I have taken away thy life, and sent thy soul squealing bodiless into the unknown.

Synonyms

• disincarnate

Derived terms

• bodilessly
• bodilessness

 

Translations

lacking a body

• Finnish: ruumiiton
• Greek: ασώματος (el) m (asómatos)
• Hindi: अशरीर (hi) (aśrīr), अशरीरी (hi) (aśrīrī), अनंग (hi) (anaṅg), अनंगी (hi) (anaṅgī), अतनु (hi) (atnu), अपांग (hi) (apāṅg), विदेह (hi) (videh), वितनु (hi) (vitnu), बेशरीर (beśrīr), बेजिस्म (bejisma)
• Manx: neuchorpagh
• Norwegian: kroppsløs
• Polish: bezcielesny (pl)

Anagrams

• Seibolds, Siebolds