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- Dictionarydiscarnate/dɪˈskɑːnət/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or being) not having a physical body: "methods for communicating with the dead or with discarnate spirits"
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: having no physical body : incorporeal. Word History. Etymology. dis- + -carnate (as in incarnate) First Known Use. 1882, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of discarnate was in 1882. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near discarnate. discard. discarnate. discase. See More Nearby Entries.
Discarnate definition: without a physical body; incorporeal.. See examples of DISCARNATE used in a sentence.
Define discarnate. discarnate synonyms, discarnate pronunciation, discarnate translation, English dictionary definition of discarnate. adj. Having no material body or form: a discarnate spirit. dis·car′nate n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
2 meanings: 1. obsolete without flesh 2. disembodied.... Click for more definitions.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective discarnate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Synonyms for DISCARNATE: disembodied, incorporeal, bodiless, formless, nonphysical, unbodied, immaterial, nonmaterial; Antonyms of DISCARNATE: physical, substantial, concrete, embodied, material, corporeal, carnal, corporal.
Discarnate definition: Having no material body or form.
Aug 19, 2024 · discarnate (not comparable) Having no physical body or form. 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 79 "Sho," she muttered, allowing soft, discarnate voices to articulate and move on.
Discarnate definition: without a physical body; incorporeal. See examples of DISCARNATE used in a sentence.
Definitions. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. adjective Having no material body or form. from The Century Dictionary. Stripped of flesh; fleshless. Disembodied; disincarnate. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adjective obsolete Stripped of flesh.
