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单词 reprehensory
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reprehensoryadj.

Forms: 1500s reprehensorie, 1600s–1800s reprehensory.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Or (iii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French reprehensoire ; Latin reprehensorius ; Latin reprehens- , reprehendere , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: Either < Middle French reprehensoire (1380) or its etymon post-classical Latin reprehensorius (from 12th cent. in British sources; 14th cent., 16th cent. in continental sources), or directly < classical Latin reprehens-, past participial stem of reprehendere reprehend v. + -ory suffix2. Compare earlier reprehend v., reprehension n., reprehensible adj. Compare also reprehensive adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (reprĭhe·nsəri) /rɛprɪˈhɛnsərɪ/.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of or characterized by reprehension; reprehensive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective]
rebukeful1478
rebukousa1513
reprehensory1576
reprehensive1577
redargutory1634
correptory1659
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Argt. 265 This Epistle is for the most part, reprehensorie: for therein Hippotates rebuketh such Physicians, as..addict them selues wholy to gather gaine with greedinesse.
a1615 P. Lily 2 Serm. (1619) 56 The words, then, of the angell were not onely reprehensory but consolatory.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 222 If by mischance..their forwardness in sollicitation procure a reprehensory check.
1726 P. Bedingfeld Paraphr. on Bk. Isaiah sig. Dd2v (contents) Part I. Containing the Reprehensory Chapters.
1780 S. Johnson Let. 21 Aug. (1992) III. 301 There is no reason for making any reprehensory complaint.
1825 R. Culbertson Lect. Revel. xix. 249 The evils specified in the reprehensory part of this epistle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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