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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ corruptible.

Adjective edit

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

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Noun edit

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.

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French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin incorruptibĭlis.

Pronunciation edit

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

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incorruptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural incorruptibles)

  1. incorruptible
    Antonym: corruptible

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