Corpsey

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dead body. informal

    "Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.

    "Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her."

Example

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"Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her."

Etymology

From corpse + -y.

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