Reprovable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure

    "Some great examples we find in story , and their names are remembered in honour ; but we can make no judgment of them , but that their zeal was reprovable for its intemperance , though it had excellency in the matter of the passion"

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"Some great examples we find in story , and their names are remembered in honour ; but we can make no judgment of them , but that their zeal was reprovable for its intemperance , though it had excellency in the matter of the passion"

Etymology

From reprove + -able? Compare French réprouvable.

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