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incorruptible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
2. Not subject to corruption or decay.
   • Let us run in the straight road the race that is incorruptible a. 1737, William Wake, Genuine Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers:

Forms

Antonyms

corruptible

Deriveds

incorruptibility · incorruptibly · incorruptibleness

Synonyms

unbribable

Translations (31)

de unverderblich (not subject to corruption or decay) · de unkorrumpierbar (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · got 𐌿𐌽𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (not subject to corruption or decay) · el αδιάφθορος (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · uk непідку́пний (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · de unvergänglich (not subject to corruption or decay) · fr incorruptible (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · ca incorruptible (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · cy anllygredig (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · nl onomkoopbaar (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · gv neuvarvaanagh (not subject to corruption or decay) · el άφθαρτος (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · de moralisch gefestigt (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · el άφθαρτος (not subject to corruption or decay) · be непадкупны (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · fi turmeltumaton (not subject to corruption or decay) · de nicht korrumpierbar (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · nl onkreukbaar (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · bg неразложим (not subject to corruption or decay) · sv omutbar (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · fi turmeltumaton (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · it incorruttibile (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · de unzerstörbar (not subject to corruption or decay) · grc ἄφθαρτος (not subject to corruption or decay) · ru неподку́пный (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · de unbestechlich (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · pl nieprzekupny (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · es incorruptible (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · sv omutlig (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · pt incorruptível (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted) · bg неподкупен (incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted)

incorruptible en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

sea-green incorruptible