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(literary) An irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.

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corpseses

Source Word

corpseses

literary

(literary) An irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.

Japanese Meaning

不正規な複数形の「corpse（死体）」としての用法。語用的には、未教育な話し手を皮肉的に示すために用いられる。

He called the fallen 'corpseses', a crude plural that marked him as uneducated.

彼は倒れた者たちを「死体」と呼び、その粗野な複数形が彼の無教養さを示していた。

Sense（1）

(literary) An irregular plural of corpse, used to indicate an uneducated speaker.

[W]ith a jeer about "stinking corpseses," the villains went away for the night.