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bodyless

bodyless

1 8.2
Not having any physical shape you can touch, like a voice or shadow
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɑːdiləs/
translation icon : sin cuerpo
  • Artists often create bodyless figures in their work to symbolize absence and lost identity.

Examples

  • Don't forget about your sidekick, Pompey, the baddest bodyless mother-fucker in all of Amortville.

    Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)

  • I'm even more curious why you need those bodyless classes.

    Blog text (2)

  • But they aren't just bodyless, but but less too.

  • The bodyless entity floated in the air, emitting a soft glow without any visible form.

  • In the sci-fi novel, the protagonist encounters a bodyless voice that guides them through the shadows.

Synonyms

bodiless
vsbodyless
  • NSFW
1 8.2

Only one part of a person or statue is left, for example a head without the rest

is broader, denying physical form or whole main part rather than only missing part
unembodied
vsbodyless
9.9

Not having a physical body, like a ghost

is about lacking a body or main part rather than only being immaterial
unbodied
vsbodyless
  • Archaic
9.9

Not having a physical form like a ghost or spirit

is broader, also covering lack of a main part or trunk
discorporate
vsbodyless
  • Literature
9.9

A being that has no physical body like a ghost

is about lacking a body or main part rather than only not incarnate

Antonyms

corporeal
  • Formal
15 8.4

Relating to the physical body rather than the spirit

Surface Forms

bodyless positive

Morphology

bodyless = body (transparent) = body + less

The productive suffix '-less' combines with the noun 'body' to form an adjective meaning 'without a body', which is directly predictable by learners.

Etymology

Bodyless comes from the everyday word body, meaning a person's or object's physical form, plus the ending -less, which means 'without'. So bodyless simply means 'without a body', something that does not have a physical form.