corruptibleadj.
/kəˈrʌptɪb(ə)l/ 1. Liable to corruption; subject to natural decay and dissolution; perishable, mortal.Chiefly in Scriptural phraseology.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > able to be corrupted
corruptible1340
putrefactible?a1425
putrible?a1425
putrefiable1712
putrescible1753
taintable1864
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
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8860 Made of corruptybelle matere.
a1400–50 Alexander 3459 A coruptible kyng of clay fourmed.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. ix. 25 They do it to obtayne a corruptible croune, but we to obtyane an vncorruptible croune.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xv. 53 This corruptible must put on incorruptibilite; and this mortall must put on immortalite.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 177 The Sacrament being of it selfe but a corruptible and earthly creature.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 29 They held that the World is corruptible.
1796 R. Southey Occas. Pieces v The soul Inhabits still its corruptible clay.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vi. 103 In putting off our corruptible bodies.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective]
purulent?a1425
carrionc1522
carrionly1567
corruptible1584
putrilaginous1598
putrid1610
putrefactive1646
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > relating to putrefaction
corruptible1584
putrid1610
putrefactive1646
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health li. 59 Onyons..engender yll humors and corruptible putrifactions in the stomacke.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 116 They..engender winde, and increase crude and corruptible humours.
3. Capable of moral corruption; open to the influence of bribery or corrupt practices.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] > capable of becoming
corruptible1677
debauchable1865
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt > able to be
putrefactive1661
corruptible1677
debauchable1865
1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 43 If an Officer..be false, corrupted, or corruptable.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 98 The House of Commons..was itself corruptible.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. ii. 521 Corruptiblest brute of a Chancellor.
4. Liable to verbal, textual, or phonetic corruption.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > corrupted
corruptc1386
barbarous1526
bauger1544
basea1549
skew1607
impure1613
corrupted1699
doggy1880
corruptible1887
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective] > liable to perversion
corruptible1887
1887 F. F. Roget Introd. Old French 100 The persistence of an essentially corruptible m in some [forms] is a curiosity.
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