a. Obs. Also 6 -uous. [f. as prec.: see -OUS.] Characterized by corruption.
1540. Coverdale, Fruitf. Less., Pref., Wks. (Parker Soc.), I. 199. Of ourselves we are but grafts of a corruptious tree.
1559. Morwyng, Evonym., 23. Yet for-as-muche as they be corruptuous, they cannot be long kept.
1604. Breton, Pass. Shepherd, C iv b. A breath that so the ayre perfumes As all corruptious sence [= scent] consumes.
