incorruptible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
  2. Not subject to corruption or decay.
noun
  1. A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
  2. 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.

Word forms

incorruptible more incorruptible most incorruptible incorruptable uncorruptible uncorruptable incorruptibles

Etymology

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

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