corruptible
pronunciation
How to pronounce corruptible in British English:
UK [kəˈrʌptəbl]
How to pronounce corruptible in American English:
US [kəˈrʌptəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being corrupted
Word Origin
- corruptible (adj.)
- mid-14c., of material things, from Old French corroptible (14c.), from Late Latin corruptibilis "liable to decay, corruptible," from past participle stem of corrumpere (see corrupt (adj.)). Of persons, from 1670s.
Example
- 1. The body is corruptible but the spirit is incorruptible .
- 2. I shall go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown , where no disturbance can be .
- 3. We , as their seed , inherited a corruptible and mortal nature .
- 4. Their doctrine was that their physical bodies were corruptible , but their souls were immortal .
- 5. Perhaps some systems of government are more corruptible than others .