incorruptible

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. Surface analysis: in- + corruptible.

Adjective

incorruptible (comparative more incorruptible, superlative most incorruptible)

  1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
    Synonym: unbribable
    Antonym: corruptible
  2. Not subject to corruption or decay.
    • Wake
      Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances.

Translations

Noun

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. (historical) One of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis. Synchronically analysable as in- + corruptible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁyp.tibl/

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible

Further reading


Spanish

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible
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