Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disincarnate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-in-car-nate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

lacking a physical form.

verb

To divest of body; to make immaterial.

Transitive verb

verb

To die, in context of subsequently existing outside the body (for example, as a soul or spirit).

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The Goddess again comes to his rescue and pieces him together, but she cannot find his phallus, for disincarnate specters on the astral do not possess the physical organs of generation."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English incarnate English disincarnate From dis- + incarnate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

disincarnates (present, singular) disincarnating (participle, present) disincarnated (participle, past) disincarnated (past)

Synonyms

bodiless incorporeal

Questions

What does disincarnate mean?: lacking a physical form.
Where does disincarnate come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English incarnate English disincarnate From dis- + incarnate.

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