unfleshly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not pertaining to or devoted to the flesh or the body; not physical.
Example Sentences
- "1683, uncredited translator, Ecclesiastical History by Evagrius Scholasticus, Book 4, Chapter 33, in The History of the Church from Our Lord’s Incarnation, to the Twelfth Year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, London: Han. Sawbridge, p. 493, This person lead an unfleshly life in the flesh, in a certain Monastery […]"
- "c. 1721, Aaron Hill, The Fatal Extravagance, London: T. Jauncy, Epilogue, The Bard, not carnal-minded,—say the Curious, How come th’ unfleshly Folks, to be so furious?"
- "[…] her tears fell on his arm the while, unheeded—except by those unfleshly eyes, with which they say the very air is thronged."
- "[…] from its unfleshly character, as the women remember today, the spirituality of camp love became even more profound."
Etymology
From un- + fleshly.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un
Inflected Forms
more unfleshly (comparative)
most unfleshly (superlative)