The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
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Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. ``Our corruptible bodies.''
--Hooker.Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold.
--1 Pet. i. 18. -
Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.
They systematically corrupt very corruptible race.
--Burke. -- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
a. Possible to corrupt. n. (context archaic English) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
WordNet
adj. capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" [syn: bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal]
Usage examples of "corruptible".
Something more subtle but far more pervasive: Power attracts the corruptible.
All of these blank things, beautiful though, their crosshatched Spartans watching as I signed, the checks bearing the colors of the sea, a Mediterranean sea, where bathers lie on rocks -- everything so corruptible.
Moses, Thy servant, Thy great and especial friend, made an ark of incorruptible wood, which also he covered with purest gold, that he might lay up in it the tables of the law, and I, a corruptible creature, shall I dare thus easily to receive Thee, the Maker of the Law and the Giver of life?
Lord, because Thou wast patient in Thy life, herein most of all fulfilling the commandment of Thy Father, it is well that I, miserable sinner, should patiently bear myself according to Thy will, and as long as Thou wilt have it so, should bear about with me for my salvation, the burden of this corruptible life.