corruptiveadj.n.
/kəˈrʌptɪv/, U.S. /kəˈrəptɪv/ A. adj.† 1. Subject or liable to corruption. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied
forrottedc897
foulOE
rotted?c1225
rottena1250
corruptc1380
enraged1398
putrefieda1413
purulent?a1425
putrid?a1425
ranka1425
rottenly1435
corrupped1533
corruptious1559
attainted1573
rot1573
putrefacted1574
baggage1576
tainted1577
pourryc1580
corruptive1593
putrilaginous1598
putrefactious1609
taint1620
putid1660
rottenish1691
septic1746
corrupted1807
mullocky1839
rotty1872
seething1875
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 88 That wee may receiue no corruptiue inheritance.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 84 Salt..does tye or hold the corruptive parts of the Flesh captive, that they cannot proceed to Putrifaction.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 63 Some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the Meat.
2. That has the quality of corrupting; that tends to corrupt.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] > making
corrupting1509
poisonful1520
infectivea1522
poisonous1555
infectious1574
seducing?1574
corruptful1596
depraving1606
corruptive1609
leavenous1649
poisonala1660
depravative1682
demoralizing1794
blotching1865
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > causing rot or putrefaction
putrefactive?a1425
rotting?c1425
putrefying1565
corruptive1609
putrid1628
putrefactory1650
putrefacient1849
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > corrupting
corruptful1596
corruptive1609
leavenous1649
corrupting1792
1609 R. Armin Ital. Taylor sig. H2v To outrime thy ill reason'd cloze, In thy corruptiue prayse.
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions iii. 16 Such a temper of Minde..is corruptive to the Memorie.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xii. 65 Lightning is not always destructive or corruptive of Vegetables.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iv. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 868 This fountain..was intirely of a sickly and corruptive nature.
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 332.
1884 F. Peek in Contemp. Rev. July 75 The association of the first offenders with the old and irreclaimable convicts is fatally corruptive.
A thing that tends to corrupt. Obsolete.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun] > cause of
corrumpciona1340
corruptiona1340
ordurec1390
ulcer1592
taint1623
corruptive1641
depravation1711
virus1778
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > one who or that which > corrupting influence or agency
corrumpciona1340
corruptiona1340
ulcer1592
corruptive1641
depravation1711
putrefier1895
1641 G. Digby Speech against Earle of Strafford 14 Of all these corruptives of judgment..I doe before God discharge my selfe.
Derivatives
coˈrruptively adv. in a corruptive manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adverb]
arsewardc1386
corruptlya1387
forcedly1548
strainedly1571
corruptedly1610
depravedly1643
arsewards1648
corruptively1655
depravingly1665
the mind > language > a language > register > [adverb] > in a corrupted way
corruptlya1387
barbarously1531
corruptedly1610
corruptively1655
impurely1813
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. viii. ii. 121 Forming that name out of two Greek words corruptively put together.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1862) 81 Corruptively derived from Primitive Patriarchal Tradition.
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