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)
- Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
- Synonym: unbribable
- Antonym: corruptible
- 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
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)
- (Christianity) A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
- (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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Derived terms
Further reading
- “incorruptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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)
- incorruptible
- Antonym: corruptible
Related terms
Further reading
- “incorruptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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