incorruptible

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. By 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.
    • a. 1737, William Wake, Genuine Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers:
      Let us run in the straight road the race that is incorruptible

Translations

Noun

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. (Christianity) A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
  2. (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.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- + corruptible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁyp.tibl/
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Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin incorruptibĭlis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

incorruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible
    Antonym: corruptible

Further reading

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