corpus vile

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin corpus (“body”) vile (“worthless”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹpəs ˈviːleɪ/

Noun[edit]

corpus vile (plural corpora vilia)

  1. A person, animal or thing treated as expendable, to therefore use as an experimental subject regardless of whatever loss or damage it may suffer as a result.
  2. (figuratively) The subject of an experiment.
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