unbodied

unbodied

English

Etymology

un- +‎ bodied

Adjective

unbodied (not comparable)

1. (archaic) disembodied; without a body; separated from the body
   • 1708, John Philips, Cyder, book I, London: J. Tonson, page 43:

     If Thy indulgent Care / Had not preven'd, among unbody'd Shades / I now had wander'd

   • 1802, William Priest, Travels in the United States of America‎:

     Immediately the unbodied souls of my ancestors appeared before me.

   • 1864, George MacDonald, A Hidden Life and Other Poems‎:

     Thou who didst come unbodied and alone, Ere yet the sun was set his rule to keep, Or ever the moon shone, Or e'er the wandering star-flocks forth were driven!

   • 1917, Charles S. Brooks, There's Pippins And Cheese To Come‎:

     Their unbodied heads, wherever they may be, are still smiling on the world, despite their divorcement.