adjective having to do with a physical body; bodily.In his dreams, he escaped corporeal existence and flew with the angels. See the full entry

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adjective lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite.His whole speech amounted to one banal thought: that people are not all alike. See the full entry

transitive verb to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character.Severe inflation debased the nation’s currencyThe scandal debased the politician in the eyes of the voters. See the full entry

noun a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence.“Youth is wasted on the young” is a popular epigram. See the full entry