Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discarnate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: dis-car-nate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Stripped of flesh.

Archaic

adj

Having no physical body or form; disembodied.

Example Sentences

""Sho," she muttered, allowing soft, discarnate voices to articulate and move on."
"But there are latent powers within man alone that are not yet fully understood and [...] we cannot definitely state what is, and what is not, due to the interference or influence of discarnate intelligences."
"At least for a time, Jung regarded some of these experiences as authentic contact with discarnate entities."

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin discarnatus, alteration of Classical Latin dēcarnātus. Compare decarnate.

Word Breakdown

Root: discarnatus, decarnatus

Usage

Archaic

Antonyms

corporeal incarnate tangible

Questions

What does discarnate mean?: Stripped of flesh.
Where does discarnate come from?: From Renaissance Latin discarnatus, alteration of Classical Latin dēcarnātus. Compare decarnate.

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