bodiless

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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.

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