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Definition: Incorrupt |
IncorruptAdjective1. Free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible". 2. Free of corruption or immorality. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "incorrupt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Incorrupt \In"cor*rupt"\, adjective. [Latin expression incorruptus. See In- not, and Corrupt.]. (references) |
Synonym: IncorruptSynonym: Pure. (additional references) |
| Antonym: corrupt (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Incorrupt |
| English words defined with "incorrupt": Uncorrupt. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Incorrupt" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incorrupt" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incorrupt saint | 7 |
body incorrupt saint | 4 |
incorrupt body | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "incorrupt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pakorruptuar (incorruptible, untouchable), i ndershëm (clean, clean-living, disinterested, fair, fair and square, fair dealing, guileless, honest, honorable, honourable, on the level, scrupulous, sportsmanlike, stainless, straightforward, whole-souled). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fine, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), неразвален (unspoiled, unspoilt), ненакърнен (unimpaired, unviolated), непокварен (pure, uncorrupted), неподкупен (clean-fingered, uncorrupted, uncorruptible), без грешка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 廉 (inexpensive). (various references) | |
Czech | neúplatný (incorruptible). (various references) | |
German | unbestechlich (incorruptible, unbribable, unerring, unerringly). (various references) | |
Greek | αδιάφθωροσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem romlott. (various references) | |
Manx | follan (bracing, edible, fit to eat, genial, healthy, hearty, orthodox, solvent, sound, whole, wholesome). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | incorruptay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | incorrupto (clean-fingered), incorruptvel (incorruptible), puro (absolute, chaste, clean, clean-fingered, crisp, fresh, genuine, immaculate, innocent, naked, neat, plumb, pure, self, sheer, sinless, snow, snowy, soilless, spotless, stainless, sweet, taintless, true, unalloyed, unblemished, unblended, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unworldly, virgin, virtuous), ntegro (incorruptible), exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, faithful, just, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined), correto (accurate, all right, anchored, clean-fingered, correct, genteel, gentlemanlike, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, proper, seemly, sportsmanlike, sporty, true). (various references) | |
Russian | неподкупный (clean-fingered, incorruptible, unbribable, uncorruptible), неиспорченный (unspoiled, unspoilt). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nepokvaren (unadulterated, unspoiled, unspoilt, untainted), nepodmitljiv (incorruptible, uncorruptible). (various references) | |
Spanish | incorrupto (chaste, undecayed, undefiled, unspoiled, unspoilt), verdadero (actual, crowned, effective, factual, legitimate, perfect, positive, proper, real, regular, right, rightful, sheer, sterling, true, trueborn, unerring, upstanding, veritable). (various references) | |
Swedish | omutlig (incorruptible), obesticklig (incorruptible). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | незіпсований (rustic), непідкупний (clean-fingered, incorruptible). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không bị rữa (incorrupted). (various references) | |
Welsh | anllygredig (incorruptible, pure). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | All o kruptoV thV kardiaV anqrwpoV en tw afqartw tou praeoV kai hsuciou pneumatoV o estin enwpion tou qeou poluteleV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sed qui absconditus cordis est homo in incorruptibilitate quieti et modesti spiritus quod est in conspectu Dei locuples |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But thilke that is the hid man of herte, in vncorrupcioun, and of mylde spirit, which is riche in the siyt of God. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But let the hyd man of the herte be incorrupt with a meke and a quyet sprete which sprete is before God a thinge moche set by. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | kondili anha hinoon sa pagkatawo nga natago sulod sa kasingkasing pinaagi sa dili madunot nga alahas sa maaghop ug malinawon nga espiritu, alahas nga bililhon uyamot sa atubangan sa Dios. |
| Croatian | Nego: èovjek skrovita srca, neprolazne ljepote, blaga i smirena duha. To je pred Bogom dragocjeno. |
| Danish | men Hjertets skjulte Menneske med den sagtmodige og stille Ånds uforkrænkelige Prydelse, hvilket er meget kosteligt for Gud. |
| Dutch | Maar de verborgen mens des harten, in het onverderfelijk versiersel van een zachtmoedigen en stillen geest, die kostelijk is voor God. |
| Finnish | vaan se olkoon salassa oleva sydämen ihminen, hiljaisen ja rauhaisan hengen katoamattomuudessa; tämä on Jumalan silmissä kallis. |
| French | mais la parure intérieure et cachée dans le coeur, la pureté incorruptible d`un esprit doux et paisible, qui est d`un grand prix devant Dieu. |
| German | sondern der verborgene Mensch des Herzens unverrückt mit sanftem und stillem Geiste; das ist köstlich vor Gott. |
| Haitian Creole | Okontrè, se sa ki nan kè nou ki tout bèlte nou, yon bèlte ki p'ap janm pase. Se pou nou gen yon karaktè dou, yon karaktè poze. Se sa ki gen valè devan Bondye. |
| Hungarian | Hanem a szívnek elrejtett embere, a szelíd és csendes lélek romolhatatlanságával, a mi igen becses az Isten elõtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebaliknya, hendaklah kecantikanmu timbul dari dalam batin, budi pekerti yang lemah lembut dan tenang; itulah kecantikan abadi yang sangat berharga menurut pandangan Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | melainkan sifat yang baik pada hatinya, itulah perhiasan yang tiada akan binasa, yaitu perangai yang lemah lembut dan pendiam, yang besar harganya di hadirat Allah. |
| Latvian | Bet apslçptais sirds cilvçks, neiznîcîgs savâ klusajâ un maigajâ garâ, kas Dievam dârgs! |
| Maori | Engari hei te tangata ngaro o te ngakau, hei te kakahu e kore e pirau, ara te wairua mahaki, te wairua rangimarie, he mea utu nui hoki tenei i te aroaro o te Atua. |
| Norwegian | men hjertets skjulte menneske i den uforgjengelige prydelse med den saktmodige og stille ånd, som er kostelig for Gud. |
| Portuguese | mas seja o do íntimo do coração, no incorruptível traje de um espírito manso e tranqüilo, que és, para que permaneçam as coisas |
| Shuar | Antsu, "nekas Shíirmach ajastaj" Tákumka, Enentáimin "shiir kajechu átajai" tu Enentáimsatarum. Nuka sakarchattawai. Tura nuka Yúsnumka ti penkeraiti. |
| Swahili | Bali, uzuri wenu unapaswa kutokana na hali ya ndani ya utu wa kweli, uzuri usioharibika wa wema na utulivu wa roho, ambao ni wa thamani kubwa mbele ya Mungu. |
| Uma | Poko kasuboa' mpu'u-le, mehupa' ngkai rala nono-ta, hewa rapa' -na tobine to monono pai' to mo'olu kehi-na. Toe-hana kasuboa' to uma ria kabalia' -na, pai' to masuli' lia oli-na hi poncilo Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "incorrupt": incorrupted, incorruptibilities, incorruptibility, incorruptible, incorruptibles, incorruptibly, incorruption, incorruptions, incorruptly, incorruptness, incorruptnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: corrupt, ruction, tricorn. | |
-3 letters: citron, cortin, inpour, irrupt, tropic, tropin, turnip, uptorn. | |
-4 letters: cornu, count, court, croup, cruor, curio, cutin, incur, input, intro, nitro, ontic, optic, orcin, orpin, picot, pinot, pinto, piton, point, print, prion, prior, punto, purin, puton, runic, rutin, tonic, topic, toric, tunic, unrip. | |
-5 letters: cion, coin, coir, coni, corn, coup, crop. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: corrupting, corruption. | |
+2 letters: corruptions, incorrupted, incorruptly, neurotropic, procuration. | |
+3 letters: incorruption, procurations, recuperation, reproduction. | |
+4 letters: corruptionist, countersniper, incorruptible, incorruptibly, incorruptions, incorruptness, micropuncture, perfunctorily, precautionary, preproduction, proventriculi, recuperations, reproductions, superromantic. | |
+5 letters: anticorruption, corruptionists, countersnipers, incorruptibles, instructorship, mercaptopurine, micropunctures, outreproducing, overproduction, preproductions, proventriculus, superscription, ultraprecision, unincorporated. | |
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