corpse

Meanings

Noun

  • A dead body.
  • A human body in general, whether living or dead.

Verb

Origin

  • From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus ("body"). Displaced native . The ⟨p⟩ was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. corps, and corpus. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while playing a dead body.

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