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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCARNATE

a.[dia and L., flesh. ] Stripped of flesh.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCARNATE

Dis *car "nate, a. Etym: [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis,flesh. ]

 

Defn: Stripped of flesh. [Obs. ] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discarnate

dis car nate |disˈkärnit, -ˌnāt dəsˈkɑrnət | ▶adjective (of a person or being ) not having a physical body. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from dis- ‘without ’ + Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh ’ or late Latin carnatus ‘fleshy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

discarnate

discarnate |dɪsˈkɑːnət | ▶adjective (of a person or being ) not having a physical body. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from dis- ‘without ’ + Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh ’ or late Latin carnatus ‘fleshy ’.