Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
1. Vitality
1. Vitality in general

362. Corpse.

   NOUN:CORPSE, corse [archaic], carcass or carcase, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiæ, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for -worms, – fishes; tenement of clay, “this mortal coil” [Hamlet]; “this too, too solid flesh” [Hamlet].
  GHOST, shade, manes, phantom, specter or spectre, apparition, spirit, revenant, sprite [archaic], spook [colloq.].
  ORGANIC REMAINS, fossils.
   ADJECTIVE:CADAVEROUS, cadaveric, corpse-like; unburied [See Interment].