Corruptible

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which may decay and perish; the human body. archaic

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    bribable, that can be bought

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

  2. 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,"

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being corrupted wordnet

Synonyms

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corruptaccommodatingapproachablebribablebribablebrittle

Example

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

Etymology

From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.

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