corruptibility
(kəˌrʌptɪˈbɪlɪtɪ)
[ad. L. corruptibilitās (Tertullian), f. corruptibilis: see next and -ity. Also mod.F. corruptibilité.]
The quality of being corruptible.
| [1526–34 Incorruptibilite: see corruptible 1.] a 1680 Charnock in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cii. 25 Those that are freest from corruptibilty and change. 1751 Smollett Per. Pic. (1799) II. lii. 127 He hoped to profit..by the corruptibility of her guardian. 1847 De Quincey Protestantism, Wks. 1862 VII. 116 The corruptibilities of perishing syllables. 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (1886) 428/2 The corruptibility incident to ordinary human nature. |