corruptible

From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.

corruptible (comparative more corruptible, superlative most corruptible)

1. (of a person) bribable, that can be bought

   Antonyms: incorruptible, unbribable

   • 1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page 31:

     They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)

2. perishable, subject to decay

   Antonym: incorruptible

   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18.

     that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,

• (possible to corrupt): corruptable

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

1. (archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
   • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53.

     For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.

Borrowed from Latin corruptibilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.rupˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.rupˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ko.rupˈti.ble]

corruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

• corrompre
• corruptibilitat

• “corruptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corruptible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “corruptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corruptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin corruptibilis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁyp.tibl/

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corruptible (plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

• corruptibilité

• “corruptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• corruptíbel

corruptible m or f (plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

• corromper

• “corruptible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

From Latin corruptibilis.

corruptible m (feminine singular corruptibla, masculine plural corruptibles, feminine plural corruptiblas)

1. corruptible

• corrompre
• corruptibilitat

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 290.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 184.

From Latin corruptibilis.

• IPA^(key): /korubˈtible/ [ko.ruβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
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• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: co‧rrup‧ti‧ble

corruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural corruptibles)

1. corruptible

• “corruptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014