Bodiedness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The state or quality of having physical form or substance as an entity
2. the embodiment or manifestation of an idea or concept in a tangible form
3. the characteristic of being represented or realized through physical body or material existence

Etymology: "Bodiedness" is a plain formation from three English parts. "Body" comes from Old English "bodig," which also gave the modern noun its sense of a physical frame. The suffix "-ed" turns a noun into an adjective meaning "having a body of a certain kind," as in "full-bodied" or "small-bodied." The suffix "-ness," from Old English "-nes," then turns that adjective into a noun for the quality or state it describes. Because each part is English and the combination is transparent, the word needs no foreign source. Its main use is for the physical substance or fullness of something, such as a wine's weight on the palate or a fabric's heft, and the idea of a thing taking on tangible form is one step removed from that. The exact date of its first recorded use is not something I can confirm.

Synonyms: corporeality, physicality, materiality

Antonyms: spirituality, immateriality, intangibility