corpse
noun
[ kɔːps ]
• a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal.
• "the corpse of a man lay there"
corpse
verb
• spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably.
• "Peter just can't stop himself corpsing when he is on stage"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps ). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps .
