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   corpse

   /kɔːps/

   noun

   • 1. a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal: "the corpse of a man lay there"

   verb

   • 1. spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably: theatrical slang "Peter just can't stop himself corpsing when he is on stage"
   • ▪ cause (an actor) to forget their lines and start laughing: theatrical slang "one singer ad libbed and corpsed his colleagues on stage"

   Word 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 century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps.

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