incorruptible
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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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