"corpsey" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more corpsey [comparative], most corpsey [superlative]
Etymology: From corpse + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|corpse|y}} corpse + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} corpsey (comparative more corpsey, superlative most corpsey)
  1. Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.
    Sense id: en-corpsey-en-adj-Z4m~sAK~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Noun

Forms: corpseys [plural]
Etymology: From corpse + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|corpse|y}} corpse + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} corpsey (plural corpseys)
  1. (informal, irreverent) A dead body. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-corpsey-en-noun-yf~OC-1j

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1899, Alan Dale, His Own Image: A Novel, page 228:",
          "text": "Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her.",
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          "ref": "1903, Alice Hegan Rice, Lovey Mary, page 62:",
          "text": "\"You do, too,” said Miss Hazy; “ it keeps you from lookin' so corpsey.\"",
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          "ref": "1918, Irving Crump, Conscript 2989: Experience of a Drafted Man, page 12:",
          "text": "And when they saw us all, white and corpsey looking and more or less unsteady on our legs, line up in front of the barracks and march off under our Second Lieutenant, the groans and sorry faces they feigned were enough to make one's blood run cold.",
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          "ref": "2019, Caitlin Doughty, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs: Big questions from tiny mortals about death, page 39:",
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          "ref": "2019, Henry Wallace Phillips, Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders:",
          "text": "Pedro smote himself upon with his clenched fist. \"H'run I shall not,\" says he. \"Thees store can only be obtain by making the es-step over my corpsey.\"",
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