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incorporeal
What does incorporeal mean?
incorporeal (adjective): having no material form or physical substance.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use incorporeal in a sentence?
- An incorporeal spirit. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does incorporeal come from?
From Latin incorporeus + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “incorporeal” mean?
evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
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incapable of being explained or accounted for
Not quite: that's what inexplicable means.
having no material form or physical substance
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austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial
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