corporeal [kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-] SynonymsWord Origin adjective
- of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- material; tangible: corporeal property.
Origin of corporeal 1375–1425; late Middle English Latin corpore(us) bodily (corpor- (stem of corpus) body + -eus adj. suffix) + -al1 Related formscor·po·re·al·i·ty, cor·po·re·al·ness, nouncor·po·re·al·ly, adverbnon·cor·po·re·al, adjectivenon·cor·po·re·al·i·ty, nountrans·cor·po·re·al, adjectiveCan be confusedcorporal corporealSynonyms for corporeal 1. See physical.Antonyms for corporeal 1. spiritual. 2. intangible. British Dictionary definitions for transcorporeal corporeal adjective
- of the nature of the physical body; not spiritual
- of a material nature; physical
Derived Formscorporeality or corporealness, nouncorporeally, adverbWord Origin for corporeal C17: from Latin corporeus, from corpus body Word Origin and History for transcorporeal corporeal adj.
early 15c., with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus “of the nature of a body,” from corpus “body” (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep- “body, form, appearance,” probably from a verbal root meaning “to appear” (cf. Sanskrit krp- “form, body,” Avestan kerefsh “form, body,” Old English hrif “belly,” Old High German href “womb, belly, abdomen”).
transcorporeal in Medicine corporeal [kôr-pôr′ē-əl] adj.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the body.