[ad. L. corruptibilitās (Tertullian), f. corruptibilis: see next and -ITY. Also mod.F. corruptibilité.] The quality of being corruptible.

1

[1526–34.  Incorruptibilite: see CORRUPTIBLE 1.]

2

a. 1680.  Charnock, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. cii. 25. Those that are freest from corruptibility and change.

3

1751.  Smollett, Per. Pic. (1779), II. lii. 127. He hoped to profit … by the corruptibility of her guardian.

4

1847.  De Quincey, Protestantism, Wks. 1862, VII. 116. The corruptibilities of perishing syllables.

5

1874.  J. H. Blunt, Dict. Sects (1886), 428/2. The corruptibility incident to ordinary human nature.

6