Definition of Bodyless

1. Adjective. Having no trunk or main part. "A bodiless head"

Exact synonyms: Bodiless
Similar to: Unbodied

Definition of Bodyless

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bodiless) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodyless

bodychecks
bodycolor
bodycolour
bodycon
bodye
bodyes
bodyfat
bodyguard
bodyguarded
bodyguarding
bodyguards
bodyhair
bodyhairs
bodying
bodyism
bodyless (current term)
bodylessness
bodyline
bodyliner
bodyliners
bodylines
bodymaster
bodymasters
bodynet
bodynets
bodypaint
bodypart
bodyparts
bodyshell
bodyshells

Literary usage of Bodyless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Threshold of Science: A Variety of Simple and Amusing Experiments by Charles Romley Alder Wright (1891)
"The bodyless Lady, or Talking Head.—Another popular illusion worked by reflection is one which is capable of being shown in many different ways, ..."

2. Letters to a Friend: Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879 by John Muir (1915)
"... who will doubtless be able to decipher the meaning of heads and tails of your bodyless sentences. I 'm sorry most of all for the destruction of the ..."

3. The System of the Vedânta: According to Bâdarâyaṇa's Brahma-sûtras and by Paul Deussen (1912)
""But the bodyless are not moved by desire and pain. ... the clouds, the lightning, the thunder are " bodyless. Therefore as these rise out of the universe ..."

4. Outline of New Testament Christology: A Study of Genetic Relationships by John Cowper Granbery (1909)
"... that he seemed to suffer, being themselves the seeming; and as they think, it shall also happen to them, because they are bodyless and demoniacal. ..."

5. Three Old Maids in Hawaii by Ellen Blackmar Maxwell (1896)
"But it would not go; there was the handsome head and the sad blue eyes; now she got on to her feet and still there was that bodyless head, but now the lips ..."

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