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Added 9 October 2026

corporeal

/kɔːɹˈpɔːɹiəl/ adjective

Latin root: corporeus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about corporeal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Material; tangible; physical.
Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

noun

A corporeal entity; a physical being.

Origin

From Middle English corporealle, equivalent to Latin corporeus + -al, from corpus (“body”); compare corporal.

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