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incorruptible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

Syllables
in-cor-rupt-ible
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

adj

Not subject to corruption or decay.

noun

A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: incorruptible, incorruptibilis

Inflected Forms

more incorruptible (comparative) most incorruptible (superlative) incorruptable (alternative) uncorruptible (alternative) uncorruptable (alternative) incorruptibles (plural)

Derived Forms

incorruptibility incorruptibleness incorruptibly

Phrases

sea-green incorruptible

Synonyms

unbribable

Antonyms

corruptible

Questions

What does incorruptible mean?
Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
Where does incorruptible come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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