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body (n.) O.E. bodig "trunk, chest" (of a man or animal); related to O.H.G. botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German, replaced by leib, originally "life," and körper, from Latin. In English, extension to "person" is from late 13c. Meaning "main part" of anything was in late Old English, hence its use in reference to vehicles (1520s).
Contrasted with soul since at least mid-13c. Meaning "corpse" (short for dead body) is from late 13c. Transferred to matter generally in Middle English (e.g. heavenly body, late 14c.). Body politic "the nation, the state" first recorded 1520s, legalese, with French word order. Body image was coined 1935. Body language is attested from 1967, perhaps from Fr. langage corporel (1966). Phrase over my dead body attested by 1833.
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body — body … Dictionnaire des rimes
Body — Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
body — I (collection) noun aggregation, assemblage, batch, colligation, community, company, compilation, congeries, conglomeration, entity, gathering, host, mass, multitude, plenum, polity, sodality, troupe, wholeness associated concepts: body corporate … Law dictionary
BODY — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
body — [ bɔdi ] n. m. • mil. XXe; mot angl. « corps » ♦ Anglic. Vêtement, sous vêtement féminin très collant, d une seule pièce, couvrant le tronc. ⇒ justaucorps. Des bodys (ou des bodies) de dentelle. ● body nom masculin (anglais … Encyclopédie Universelle
body — bódy (angl.) s. n., art. bódy ul; pl. bódy uri Trimis de Laura ana, 14.03.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2 BODY [BÖDI] s. n. tricou din jerseu elastic care se mulează pe corp. (< engl. body, corp) Trimis de raduborza, 14.03.2008. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
BODY — in all uppercase can mean: *See body (disambiguation) *Among Poser CGI package users, the invisible master segment of a character; the character s BODY is parent to its visible root segment. This is to distinguish from body in the ordinary… … Wikipedia
Body — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bebé con un body. Body, cuerpo en inglés, es una prenda interior de una sola pieza que cubre el tronco, pero no las extremidades; esta prenda es usada como ropa interior por mujeres y bebés, con la variante… … Wikipedia Español
Body — Bod y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bodied} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bodying}.] To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody. [1913 Webster] {To body forth}, to give from or shape to mentally. [1913 Webster] Imagination… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bódy — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gábor Bódy (1946–1985), ungarischer Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Schauspieler Veruschka Bódy (* 1952), ungarische Filmemacherin und Autorin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unte … Deutsch Wikipedia
