corporeity

noun

cor·​po·​re·​i·​ty ˌkȯr-pə-ˈrē-ə-tē 

-ˈrā-

plural corporeities

: the quality or state of having or being a body : materiality

Examples of corporeity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the past several billion years, life has had to learn to make do with its own imperfect corporeity—fuzzy eyesight, limited hearing, and so on. —Kelly Clancy, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin corporeitāt-, corporiteās, from Latin corporeus "having a body, physical" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at corporeal

First Known Use

1610, in the meaning defined above