unbodied

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bodied

Adjective

unbodied (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body
    • 1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 43:
      If Thy indulgent Care / Had not preven'd, among unbody'd Shades / I now had wander'd
    • 1802, William Priest, Travels in the United States of America‎:
      Immediately the unbodied souls of my ancestors appeared before me.
    • 1864, George MacDonald, A Hidden Life and Other Poems‎:
      Thou who didst come unbodied and alone, Ere yet the sun was set his rule to keep, Or ever the moon shone, Or e'er the wandering star-flocks forth were driven!
    • 1917, Charles S. Brooks, There's Pippins And Cheese To Come‎:
      Their unbodied heads, wherever they may be, are still smiling on the world, despite their divorcement.
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