corruptible

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adjective

bribable, that can be bought

“The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18. that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,”

Similar
corruptablebribabledishonestpurchasablevenalcorrupt
Opposite
incorruptibleunbribable
OriginMiddle English corruptible ← Latin corruptibilis →
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Meanings

adjectivecorruptible (comparative more corruptible, superlative most corruptible)

comparative more corruptible · superlative most corruptible

  1. bribable, that can be bought

    They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)

    1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page 31

    Synonyms: corruptable · Antonyms: incorruptible, unbribable

  2. perishable, subject to decay

    The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18. that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,

    Antonyms: incorruptible

nouncorruptible (plural corruptibles)

plural corruptibles

  1. archaicThat which may decay and perish; the human body.

    The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebribable, that can be bought

Similar
corruptable
Opposite
incorruptibleunbribable

adjectiveperishable, subject to decay

Opposite
incorruptible

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecapable of being corrupted

Similar
bribabledishonestpurchasablevenalcorrupt
Also see
bribablecorruptdishonestpurchasablevenal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincorruptibilis
  2. Middle Englishcorruptible
  3. Englishcorruptible

From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.

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Translations

Ancient Greek φθαρτός
  • φθαρτός (phthartós)perishable, subject to decay
Catalan corruptible
  • corruptiblebribable, that can be bought
Dutch omkoopbaar, veil
  • omkoopbaarbribable, that can be bought
  • veilbribable, that can be bought
French corruptible
  • corruptiblebribable, that can be bought
German bestechlich
  • bestechlichbribable, that can be bought
Latin corruptivus
  • corruptivusperishable, subject to decay
Portuguese corruptível
  • corruptívelbribable, that can be bought
Spanish corruptible
  • corruptiblebribable, that can be bought
Swedish förgänglig
  • förgängligperishable, subject to decay
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Chicago

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