Etymology

incorruptible

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Today it means: Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright. Full definition →

Middle French incorruptible ← Latin incorruptibilis
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  1. Latin · derived fromincorruptibilis
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromincorruptible
  3. English todayincorruptible

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

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