Reprovable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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"
Example
More examples"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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