单词 | corrumpable |
释义 | † corrumpableadj. Obsolete. = corruptible adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > liable to rot or putrefaction corruptible1340 corrumpablec1405 putrefactible?a1425 putrible?a1425 putrefiable1712 putrescible1753 taintable1864 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2146 Of a thyng. that perfit is and stable Descendynge so til it be corrumpable [v.r. corumpable.]. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. xv. 163 a Of soule eternall, of body corumpable. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiii. xvii That whyche was mortal and corrompable. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 258/2 Be not thou wrothe to leue the world corrumpable with his couetyses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1405 |
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