corpse

Meaning

Noun

1. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
2. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
3. (archaic, derogatory, sometimes) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

Verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
2. (slang, transitive) To cause another actor to do this.

Synonyms

dead body

cadaver

body

carcass

remains

dead person

stiff

clay

deceased

carrion

carcase

deceased person

flesh

🥩

dead

💀

deadman

human body

dead man

ghost

👻

dead animal

corse

die

💀

droppings

dung

figure

fossil

garbage

🗑️

goner

mummy

refuse

roadkill

rubbish

shape

soma

trash

Aas

waste

Translations

cadavre

Leiche

cadáver

cadavere

Leichnam

lijk

cadáver

cadàver

kadaver

corps

πτώμα

salma

kreng

cadaver

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔːps/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, from earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”).
Displaced native English likam and English lich. The ⟨p⟩ was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus, and distantly of riff. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while acting as dead body.