corse
English
Etymology
From Old French cors, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus.
Pronunciation
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Noun
corse (plural corses)
- (obsolete) A (living) body.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
- Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
corse (plural corses)
Noun
corse m (uncountable)
- Corsican (language)
Verb
corse
- first-person singular present indicative of corser
- third-person singular present indicative of corser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of corser
- second-person singular imperative of corser
Further reading
- “corse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation 1
Noun
corse f
Verb
corse
- third-person singular past historic of correre
Pronunciation 2
Adjective
corse
Noun
corse f
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) corse
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