Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-COR-RUPT'I-BLE
IN-COR-RUPT-I-BIL'I-TYIN-COR-RUPT'I-BLE-NESS
IN-COR-RUPT'I-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and corruptible.]
- That can not corrupt or decay; not admitting of corruption. Thus gold, glass, mercury, &c. are incorruptible. Spirits are supposed to be incorruptible. Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances. Wake.
- That can not be bribed; inflexibly just and upright.
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