Corpselike

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a corpse.

    "Upon the ground before the daïs were stretched scores of the corpselike forms of the spectators, till at last the long lines of them were lost in the gloomy background."

Example

More examples

"Upon the ground before the daïs were stretched scores of the corpselike forms of the spectators, till at last the long lines of them were lost in the gloomy background."

Etymology

From corpse + -like.

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