Corse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɔːs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corse is a noun meaning (obsolete) A (living) body.
Meaning
(obsolete) A (living) body.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
Example Sentences
'Twas then attested that he had been found / At no great distance from the bleeding corse
Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]
[W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules?
Word Forms
- corses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include corpes, corpse, lich, corps, body, offal.
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