reprehendern.
/ˌrɛprᵻˈhɛndə/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛprəˈhɛndər/ Now rare.
A person who reprehends a person or thing; a reprover, a rebuker. Frequently with of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > rebuker or reprover
withtakera1340
reprovera1382
undernimmera1382
undertakerc1430
rebukerc1449
checker1535
reprehender1537
reprimander1729
expostulator1795
snubber1861
trouncer1898
1537 tr. Erasmus Expos. xv. Psalme sig. G.iii He is blessydly broughte to nought whiche of an euyll speaker is made a good speaker, of a reprehender or rebuker [L. vituperatore] a prayser or commender.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. sig. Aviiiv Let it not moue the,..if any cankered reprehendour of other mens doynges shal saie vnto the [L. quod a rigidiore censore mihi objici] [etc.].
1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. vi. 370 Therefore fell they in fine, to persecute sharply their reprehendors.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. §viii. 114 He was a severe reprehender of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Lactantius in tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits To Rdr. p. xxii Let him Read Seneca; the most lively Describer of Publick Vices..and the smartest Reprehender of them.
1705 J. Edwards Preacher 106 He is as impartial a Reprehender of the Ignorance, Pride, Covetousness, Ambition, Luxury, and such like Disorders of some of the Bishops.
1784 C. Brown Itinerarium Novi Testamenti 18/2 To what may we compare him, that is a great Reprehender of others, and never looks into his own Infirmities?
1830 Morning Watch 2 949 That the Macdonalds and their friends are humble, holy, devoted Christians, their very reprehenders are constrained to allow.
1872 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 69 Among the most strenuous reprehenders of Wilkes's libertinism was the Earl of March.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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