† incorruptedadj.
Obsolete.
Not corrupted.
1. Not decayed or putrefied; = incorrupt adj. 1.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective]
fresheOE
soundc1290
uncorruptc1384
incorrupt1387
faira1400
recent?a1425
inconsumed1530
uncorruptedc1540
good1558
incorruptedc1593
square1628
undecayed1632
uncorroded1685
untarnished1732
unspoiled1733
unfailed1749
unwasted1758
firm1776
unspoilt1796
undegenerate1854
undeteriorated1856
unvitiated1864
c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 86 Not onely his bodie was hole and incorrupted, but the vestments wherin his bodie laie..freshe, saife and not consumed.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 172 A speciall proprietie in the flesh of Peacocks rost or boiled, to preserve a long time incorrupted, hath been the assertion of many. View more context for this quotation
2. Free from corruption, debasement, or perversion; = incorrupt adj. 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from violation or corruption
inviolate1412
incontaminate1508
unperverted?1542
inviolated1548
incorrupt1550
unviolated1555
untwight1558
unappaired1561
unprofaned1582
unimpaired1583
incorrupted1590
untainted1590
uncontaminated1611
undefileda1617
square1628
incontaminated1654
unsplit1656
uncontaminate1675
untampered1682
undreggy1720
unworn1759
unbastardized1769
unempoisoned1791
undesecrated1865
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L5v That soile, where all good things did grow,..As incorrupted Nature did them sow.
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iii. §27. 141 How shall I be assured, that the Scriptures are incorrupted in these places?
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 274 The incorrupted Christianity being once made the Religion of the Empire.
3. Uncorrupted in morals, virtue, chastity, devotion to duty, etc.; = incorrupt adj. 3.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective]
cleanlyc888
unwemmedc950
clean971
lightOE
whiteOE
unfiledc1200
shire?c1225
sheenc1275
wemlessc1275
undefouled13..
undefoileda1325
purec1330
unbleckedc1380
unfouledc1380
clear1382
impollutec1384
unblemishedc1400
undefiledc1400
unspottedc1400
virginc1400
spotless?a1430
immaculate1441
uncorruptc1450
unpollushed1490
intemeratea1492
incorrupted1529
unmaculate1535
impolluted1548
crystallinec1550
incorrupt1550
uncorrupted1565
undistained1565
unstained1573
entire1587
taintless1590
untainted1590
stainless1599
unsmirched1604
intemerated1608
indepravate1609
chastea1616
uncurseda1628
undishonested1631
untaint1638
Adamical1649
sincere1649
undebaucheda1656
unaccurseda1674
amiantal1674
unsoiled1699
unpolluted1732
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes 123 b/2 They shall..commende ye thyngys whych now theyr incorrupted conscyence abhorreth.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 245 [It becomes] Priests to be sober and sad..a Iudge to be incorrupted.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 259 Upon this condition, that they should sacrifice an incorrupted virgin.
1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 156 One onely City..which was governed by an incorrupted Tartar, refused to submit.
1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 363 I found in him the incorrupted virtues of the brave islander.
Derivatives
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > freedom from violation or corruption
incorruptedness1653
untaintednessa1656
incorruptness1695
inviolacy1846
inviolateness1860
untouchedness1889
1653 E. Vaughan Life in T. Jackson Wks. sig. (a)v A sure and Honourable Argument of the incorruptedness of that Place.
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