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corse

noun
/kɔːs/UK/kɔɹs/US

Etymology

From Middle English cors, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus and corpse, and distantly of riff. Compare corset.

  1. derived from cors
  2. inherited from cors

Definitions

  1. A (living) body.

    • that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]

  2. A dead body, a corpse.

    • Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
    • 'Twas then attested that he had been found / At no great distance from the bleeding corse

  3. An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and…

    An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid…

      A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7828).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for corse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA