NYT Dictionary

BODY

/ˈbɑdi/
NounVerbBO-dybo-dy · 2 syllablesGrade 3

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2026

Meaning

Physical frame.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tabernaclebodbodybonesfleshcarcasslikamquarronssomatorso

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles:

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