Meanings
- not comparableOf a beinglacking a physical form.
The Goddess again comes to his rescue and pieces him together, but she cannot find his phallus, for disincarnate specters on the astral do not possess the physical organs of generation.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 235Synonyms: bodiless, incorporeal
present singular third person disincarnates · participle present disincarnating · participle past disincarnated · past disincarnated
- transitiveTo divest of body; to make immaterial.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking a physical form.
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake immaterial; remove the real essence of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishincarnate
- Englishdisincarnate
Translations
Greek εξαϋλωμένος, ασώματος
- εξαϋλωμένος (exaÿloménos)without a body
- ασώματος (asómatos)without a body
- εξαϋλώνω (exaÿlóno)to divest of body
Portuguese desencarnado, desencarnar
- desencarnadowithout a body
- desencarnarto become a bodiless soul or spirit
Cite this entry
disincarnate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarnate
“disincarnate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarnate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disincarnate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disincarnate.
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