bodiless

[ bod-ee-lis, -i-lis ]

adjective

1. having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

bodiless

/ ˈbɒdɪlɪs /

adjective

1. having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial

Other Words From

• bodi·less·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bodiless¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, bodiless is from the Middle English word bodiles. See body, -less

Example Sentences

The Twins are mere bodiless names that might have been eliminated altogether.

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And having got at him she held him, a bloodless spirit, a bodiless essence, in the fount of healing.

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There they are shadowed by the ghostly forms of menacing, bodiless shapes!

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It sounded bodiless and unearthly in the thin air of that high altitude.

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Such signs are material symbols of their bodiless existence.

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