different between incorruptible vs foolish

English

Alternative forms

• incorruptable, uncorruptible, uncorruptable

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. Surface analysis: in- +? corruptible.

Adjective

incorruptible (comparative more incorruptible, superlative most incorruptible)

1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

   Synonym: unbribable

   Antonym: corruptible

2. Not subject to corruption or decay.
   • a. 1737, William Wake, Genuine Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers

     Let us run in the straight road the race that is incorruptible

Translations

Noun

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. (Christianity) A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
2. (historical) One of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis. Synchronically analysable as in- +? corruptible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.?yp.tibl/

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. incorruptible

Further reading

• “incorruptible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. incorruptible

English

Etymology

From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu?.l??/

Adjective

foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)

1. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

Synonyms

• absurd
• idiotic
• ridiculous
• silly
• unwise

Antonyms

• wise

Derived terms

• a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
• foolishly
• foolishness

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