Added 1 October 2026
body
/ˈbɒdi/ noun
In Latin: corpus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about body at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Physical frame. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
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The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
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The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
verb
Origin
From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).
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