corpselike

English

Etymology

corpse +‎ -like

Adjective

corpselike (comparative more corpselike, superlative most corpselike)

  1. Resembling a corpse.
    • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 7:
      With Akeley’s permission I lighted a small oil lamp, turned it low, and set it on a distant bookcase beside the ghostly bust of Milton; but afterward I was sorry I had done so, for it made my host’s strained, immobile face and listless hands look damnably abnormal and corpselike.

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