discarnate

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dis- +‎ carnate

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discarnate (not comparable)

  1. Having no physical body or form.
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 79
      "Sho," she muttered, allowing soft, discarnate voices to articulate and move on.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275:
      But there are latent powers within man alone that are not yet fully understood and [...] we cannot definitely state what is, and what is not, due to the interference or influence of discarnate intelligences.

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