Incorporeal
/ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that is incorporeal.
"The World is all viciſsitude and converſion. Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals; […]"
Adjective
- 1 Having no material form or physical substance.
"Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense."
- 2 Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.
Adjective
- 1 without material form or substance wordnet
Example
More examples"Just because people are corporeal born to this world doesn't mean that they understand everything about it, similarly just because somebody's died doesn't mean that they understand everything about the incorporeal world."
Etymology
From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.