corruptible

English

Etymology

From Old French corroptible

Adjective

corruptible (comparative more corruptible, superlative most corruptible)

(of a person) bribable, that can be bought
- 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:
  They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)
Antonyms: incorruptible, unbribable
perishable, subject to decay
- Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611, 1 Peter 1:18.
  that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,
Antonym: incorruptible

Synonyms

(possible to corrupt): corruptable

Translations

bribable, that can be bought

French: corruptible (fr)

perishable, subject to decay

Greek:
Ancient: φθαρτός (phthartós)

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Armenian:
Old Armenian: ապականացու (apakanacʿu)
Catalan: corruptible (ca)

German: bestechlich (de)
Italian: corruttibile (it), corrompibile
Manx: yn-villey, yn-chleayney, yn-trullaghey

Noun

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

(archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
- Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611, 1 Corinthians 15:53.
  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /korubˈtible/, [koruβˈt̪iβle]
Audio (Argentina) (file)

Adjective

corruptible (plural corruptibles)

corruptible

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