† corrumpentadj.
Obsolete.
Corrupting, destructive.
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fellc1330
undone1340
ruinous?a1439
violablea1470
perniciousc1475
destructive1490
confusible1502
destroying1535
exitiable1548
ruinate1562
peremptory1567
wrackful1578
slaughterous1582
ruinating1595
ruining1605
corrumpent1607
wracksome1608
in suds1611
destructory1614
poisonousa1616
wrakefulc1625
predatory1626
predatorious1641
demolishing1648
untwined1649
undoing1654
destructionable1656
destructful1659
mortal1670
wreckinga1677
fatal1692
quadrumanous1704
interdestructive1805
annihilatory1825
demolitionary1834
ruinatious1845
consumptive1860
thunderous1874
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 28 This chaunge corrumpent of the forme.
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. v. 19 The onely corrumpent altering that can be named.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 35 Such corrumpant Grandees, that think whole Kingdoms Gobbets not great enough..to satiate their Appetites.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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