corruptible · adj — bribable, that can be bought. It carries an Arena rating of 1636, earned across 15 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, corruptible ranks #1,418 of 17,146 for Scariest Words, #1,710 of 17,144 for Most Malleable Words, #1,836 of 17,136 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #2,317 of 17,151 for Most Incisive Words.
Why “corruptible” is a great word
CORRUPTIBLE — [Adjective] Susceptible to being bribed or morally debased, or subject to physical decay. From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis, from corrumpere ("to destroy, spoil, bribe"), from com- (intensive) + rumpere ("to break"). Unlike "incorruptible," which claims an impossible resistance, or "venal," which denotes a petty transaction already concluded, "corruptible" names a latent, universal potential—the inherent flaw in the material. It is the apple softening to brown flesh in the bowl, the bronze statue greening in the rain, and the honest official's resolve dissolving under the drip of temptation: a quiet testament that everything built carries within it the blueprint for its own undoing.
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Etymology
From Middle English corruptible, from Latin corruptibilis.
adj
- bribable, that can be boughte.g.“They systematically corrupt a very corruptible race, (for some time a growing nuisance amongst you)” — 1791, Edmund Burke, A Letter from Mr. Burke: To a Member of the National Assembly; in Answer to Some Objections to his Book on French Affairs, Paris, Printed, Dublin, reprinted by William Porter, page
- perishable, subject to decaye.g.“The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Peter 1:18.
that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and golde,”
noun
- That which may decay and perish; the human body.e.g.“The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:53.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.”
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