corpsey adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Characteristic of or associated with a corpse.Their aspect was corpsey, and she wondered how they could ever have entertained her. — 1899 noun1 •(informal) A dead body.Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown; Not a friend, not a friend greet My poor corpsey where my bones shall be thrown. — 1856 formscorpseys · more corpsey · most corpsey