English-Thai Dictionary

corpse

N ซากศพ  ศพ  cadaver clay stiff sak-sob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORPSE

n.[L., a body. ] The dead body of a human being.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORPSE

Corpse (krps ), n. Etym: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps ), F.corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo. ]

 

1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs. ]

 

Note: Formerly written (after the French form ) corps. See Corps, n., 1.

 

2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. Corpse candle. (a ) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b ) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corpse

corpse |kôrps kɔrps | ▶noun a dead body, esp. of a human being rather than an animal. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal ): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change that also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps ). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th cent. , but now distinguishes corpse from corps .

 

corpse candle

corpse can ¦dle ▶noun a lambent flame seen just above the ground in a churchyard or over a grave, superstitiously regarded as an omen of death.

 

Oxford Dictionary

corpse

corpse |kɔːps | ▶noun a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal. ▶verb [ no obj. ] theatrical slang spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably. • [ with obj. ] cause (an actor ) to forget their lines and start laughing. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal ): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps ). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th cent. , but now distinguishes corpse from corps .

 

corpse candle

corpse can ¦dle ▶noun a lambent flame seen just above the ground in a churchyard or over a grave, superstitiously regarded as an omen of death.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corpse

corpse noun the corpse was stolen from the morgue: dead body, body, carcass, skeleton, remains, mortal remains; informal stiff; Medicine cadaver. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See body . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corpse

corpse noun she found his corpse at the bottom of the stairs: dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton; remains, relics; informal stiff; archaic corse. WORD LINKS corpse necro- related prefix, as in necropolis necrophobia fear of corpses Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corpse

corpse /kɔː r ps /名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /C (特に人間の )死体 , 死骸 （しがい ）.