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)
- Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
- Synonym: unbribable
- Antonym: corruptible
- Not subject to corruption or decay.
- Wake
- Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances.
- Wake
Translations
incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
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not subject to corruption or decay
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Noun
incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)
- (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/
Further reading
- “incorruptible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
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