English edit

Etymology edit

meat +‎ suit

Noun edit

meatsuit (plural meatsuits)

  1. (fantasy) A physical body regarded as something being temporarily worn, e.g. when possessed by a spirit or demon.
    • 2012, M. Henderson, Galactic:
      His physical body felt like a meatsuit compared to the lightness he had just known.
    • 2013, Galen A. Foresman, Supernatural and Philosophy:
      Magically barred from entering the station by the salt barriers, the demons fan out to possess 30 or so town locals. In their newly acquired “meatsuits,” they return to the station and gaze eerily at the building.