Disembodied
adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of disembody form-of, participle, past
- 1 Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
"Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech."
- 2 Of a body part, separated from the body.
"Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours"
- 1 not having a material body wordnet
Example
More examples"Throughout their career the Sixth Men had often been fascinated by the idea of flight. The bird was again and again their most sacred symbol. Their monotheism was apt to be worship not of a god-man, but of a godbird, conceived now as the divine sea-eagle, winged with power, now as the giant swift, winged with mercy, now as a disembodied spirit of air, and once as the bird-god that became man to endow the human race with flight, physical and spiritual."
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