2. Adjective. (superlative of corrupt) ¹
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Definition of Corruptest
1. corrupt [adj] - See also: corrupt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corruptest
Literary usage of Corruptest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian World: The Magazine of the American and Foreign Christian Union by American and Foreign Christian Union (1864)
"... corruptest thing in Christendom—politics next—but politics are everywhere the
worse for Popery. The lessons taught by that dreadful scene will not, ..."
2. The Whole Works of John Bunyan by John Bunyan, George Offor (1862)
"Thou corruptest my words saying, That I said, ' The blood of Christ was shed ...
My words thou corruptest; thou wouldst fain gather thus much out of my ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle by Lyman Abbott (1898)
"1 If there ever was a community in which the restrictions of law imposed from
without were necessary, it was Corinth — the corruptest city of the ..."
4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"... as liable to overleap the restraint of law, as much addicted to flatterers
and abuses, as the most arbitrary monarchy or the corruptest oligarchy. ..."
5. The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James (1911)
"... of itself and end with the corruptest curiosity.p Once dismiss the notion that
certain duties are good in themselves, and that we are here to do them, ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"... (being j duction itself is not worth a moment's at a man as corrupt as the
corruptest) should ..."
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