A dead human body, especially one discovered or found after death.
From Old French 'cors,' from Latin 'corpus' meaning body. The word specifically denoted a dead body by the 1300s, distinguishing it from a living body.
Corpse comes straight from the Latin word for 'body'—that same root gave us corporation, corpus, and corset! It's fascinating that one root word branches into meanings about bodies: dead bodies, business bodies, and bodies in clothing.
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