corpus vile
English
Etymology
From Latin corpus (“body”) vile (“worthless”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔɚɹpɚs ˈviːleɪ/
Noun
corpus vile (plural corpora vilia)
- A person, animal or thing treated as expendable, to therefore use as an experimental subject regardless of whatever loss or damage it may suffer as a result.
- (figuratively) The subject of an experiment.