incorruptible
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- + corruptible.
Adjective edit
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 edit
incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
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not subject to corruption or decay
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Noun edit
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 edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- + corruptible.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “incorruptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin incorruptibĭlis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incorruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incorruptibles)
- incorruptible
- Antonym: corruptible
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “incorruptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014