† corrumpableadj.
Obsolete.
= corruptible adj.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied > liable to rot or putrefaction
corruptible1340
corrumpablec1405
putrefactible?a1425
putrible?a1425
putrefiable1712
putrescible1753
taintable1864
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2146 Of a thyng. that perfit is and stable Descendynge so til it be corrumpable [v.r. corumpable.].
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. xv. 163 a Of soule eternall, of body corumpable.
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiii. xvii That whyche was mortal and corrompable.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 258/2 Be not thou wrothe to leue the world corrumpable with his couetyses.
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