discorporate means having no material body. It carries an Arena rating of 1556, earned across 61 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, discorporate ranks #480 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #612 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #1,760 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #2,552 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “discorporate” is a great word
DISCORPORATE — [Adjective, Verb] Having no material body or not being a member of a corporate body; also, to leave one's physical body. From the prefix dis- (expressing reversal or removal) + corporate (from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare 'to form into a body', from corpus 'body'). Earliest adjective use attested before 1500 (Middle English). Unlike disembodied, which implies a spirit severed from its former flesh, or incorporeal, a static philosophical condition of formlessness, discorporate denotes an essential bodilessness or a willful act of un-becoming. It is the vertiginous lurch of the psyche slipping its mortal tether; the bureaucratic limbo of the non-affiliated; the scent of ozone after a strike where no form remains—a quiet referendum on the burden of being housed.
Etymology
From dis- + corporate.
adj
- Having no material body
- Not being a member of a corporate body
verb
- to leave one's physical body, such as through metaphysical or drug-induced means
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