corporal

²corporal

adj

Definition of CORPORAL

1

obsolete : corporeal, physical

2

: of, relating to, or affecting the body <corporal punishment>

— cor·po·ral·ly \-p(ə-)rə-lē\ adverb

Examples of CORPORAL

1. <started to suffer the corporal ailments that come with advancing age>

Origin of CORPORAL

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin corporalis, from corpor-, corpus body — more at midriff

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CORPORAL

Synonyms: animal, bodily, carnal, physical, corporeal, fleshly, material, somatic

Antonyms: nonmaterial, nonphysical

Related Words: anatomic (or anatomical), physiological (or physiologic); sensual, sensuous; hand-to-hand

Near Antonyms: cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological (also psychologic); bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritual; ethereal, metaphysical, psychic (also psychical)

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