reprovableadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpruːvəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈpruvəb(ə)l/,

/riˈpruvəb(ə)l/

Forms:

α. Middle English reprouabel, Middle English reprouabil, Middle English reprouabill, Middle English reprouabul, Middle English reprouvable, Middle English reprovabill, Middle English reprowable, Middle English–1600s reproouable, Middle English–1600s reprouable, Middle English–1600s reproueable, Middle English–1800s reproveable, Middle English– reprovable, 1500s–1600s reprooueable; also Scottish pre-1700 reprovable.

β. Middle English repreeuable, Middle English repreevable, Middle English reprefabel, Middle English reprefable, Middle English repreuabyl, Middle English repreuabyll, Middle English repreueabyll, Middle English repreveable, Middle English reproevable, Middle English repryuable, Middle English 1600s reprevable, Middle English–1500s repreuable, Middle English–1500s repreueable, late Middle English reyprevabule; also Scottish pre-1700 repreuabile, pre-1700 repreuable, pre-1700 reprevable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item, and probably also modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: reprove v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < reprove v.¹ + -able suffix, after post-classical Latin reprobabilis (see reprobable adj.) and probably also Middle French reprouvable (c1370; French réprouvable).

Deserving of reproof or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > worthy of rebuke

reprovablea1382

reprehensiblec1384

viciousc1386

reprobable?a1475

reprehendablea1500

rebukeful1530

rebukable1551

chastisable1611

castigable1716

α.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xv. 9 Saul sparede & þe puple..to alle þingis þat weren faire..what þing forsoþe was foul & reprouable [L. reprobum] þat þei destroiedyn.

c1400 J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 292 (MED) Seynt poul iugiþ of petris synne and aȝen-stoode him for he was reprouable.

c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in Stud. Philol. (1910) 6 14 (MED) Supersticions..been not lauful, and þai been reprouabul.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 1689 (MED) Bareynesse to god is reprouable, And cursed is yche man..That no fruht forth bryngþe.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxviii. 2 I sett kepynge til my mouth..that nane reprouabil word withpassid me.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 The ancient guise in old times vsed at weddings (in my simple opinion) nothing reproueable.

1642 J. Jackson Bk. Conscience 128 I will in speaking unto you..reprove what I think at this time most reproveable.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §5. 101 Thy faith was not only little but reprovable.

1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine iii. 97 Their too curious researchers, and wantonness of fancy hath made their Works as reprovable as their Lives.

1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 3 Those..who may be hinder'd, by their Prejudice in my Favour,..from observing what is reproveable.

1826 T. Wetherald Serm. vii. 199 I knew not, that a life of folly, of passion, and of pleasure, was so severely reproveable!

1858 A. C. Kendrick tr. H. Olshausen Biblical Comm. on New Test. IV. 198 He joyfully acknowledges what is good in him, reproves what is reprovable, nor yet on this account rejects the whole man.

1924 Musical Q. 10 444 A college professor was one thing, a professional musician another, and a quite reprovable one at that.

2002 S. Duck & L. VanderVoort in R. Goodwin & D. Cramer Inappropriate Relationships i. i. 17 Those acts that imply more general profaning..of the society's structures are most censoriously regarded, whereas those with more localized effects are less reprovable.

β. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ix. 11 The fairnesse of an alien womman manye men wndrid ben maad repreuable [L. reprobi].?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 110 (MED) I haue clepid hem to grace in þe tyme þat þei weren repreuable þoru her defautis.c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 140 (MED) Brekyng of þi promysse..Is an euyl tecche and a repreuabyl exampyl.a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 512 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 99 (MED) Atte the lest y am nat repreuable Of fayled herte.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ei That I shall suffer none impechment..nor losse repryuable.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 124 ^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reprevable He wes heltirt be the fend his maistir & led in repreuable wit.

Derivatives

reˈprovableness n. now rare

ΚΠ

c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 129 Inuye gendryrith lesyngis, þe qwyche is rote of repreuabylnes [L. reprobabilium] and mater of vycis.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Reprovableness, liableness to be reproved.

1870 Guide Holiness Sept. 280 Where sin is, there is unholiness, blameableness, and reproveableness in the sight of Him before whom we are to be presented.

reˈprovably adv. now rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb] > in manner worthy of rebuke

unornlyc1175

reprovablyc1449

reprehensibly1609

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 He vnresonabili and reprouabili askith..where a treuthe of moral philosophi is groundid in pure divynyte or in Holi Scripture, and wole not ellis trowe it to be trewe.

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 385 (MED) None schal..spyt up on the stayres..nor in none other place repreuably but yf they trede it out forthwythe.

1631 Treat. Certainty of Perseverance in G. Downame Covenant of Grace 358 When a man liveth reprovably, he also maketh shipwracke as concerning the faith.

1719 P. Newcome Gospel Salvation Explain'd i. 25 Such, more Especially, are herein Reprovably concern'd, Who express their Kindness to Others by endeavouring to seduce them into Sin.

1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. v. 64 Educated in the same manner, and situated in the same position, we ourselves might have acted as reprovably.

2002 Re: Suicide Themes in rec.music.rem (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Apr. Just this side of anything too obviously highhanded or reprovably smug.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reprovable
释义	reprovableadj. Brit. /rᵻˈpruːvəbl/, U.S. /rəˈpruvəb(ə)l/, /riˈpruvəb(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English reprouabel, Middle English reprouabil, Middle English reprouabill, Middle English reprouabul, Middle English reprouvable, Middle English reprovabill, Middle English reprowable, Middle English–1600s reproouable, Middle English–1600s reprouable, Middle English–1600s reproueable, Middle English–1800s reproveable, Middle English– reprovable, 1500s–1600s reprooueable; also Scottish pre-1700 reprovable. β. Middle English repreeuable, Middle English repreevable, Middle English reprefabel, Middle English reprefable, Middle English repreuabyl, Middle English repreuabyll, Middle English repreueabyll, Middle English repreveable, Middle English reproevable, Middle English repryuable, Middle English 1600s reprevable, Middle English–1500s repreuable, Middle English–1500s repreueable, late Middle English reyprevabule; also Scottish pre-1700 repreuabile, pre-1700 repreuable, pre-1700 reprevable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item, and probably also modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: reprove v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < reprove v.¹ + -able suffix, after post-classical Latin reprobabilis (see reprobable adj.) and probably also Middle French reprouvable (c1370; French réprouvable). Deserving of reproof or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > worthy of rebuke reprovablea1382 reprehensiblec1384 viciousc1386 reprobable?a1475 reprehendablea1500 rebukeful1530 rebukable1551 chastisable1611 castigable1716 α. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xv. 9 Saul sparede & þe puple..to alle þingis þat weren faire..what þing forsoþe was foul & reprouable [L. reprobum] þat þei destroiedyn. c1400 J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 292 (MED) Seynt poul iugiþ of petris synne and aȝen-stoode him for he was reprouable. c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in Stud. Philol. (1910) 6 14 (MED) Supersticions..been not lauful, and þai been reprouabul. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 1689 (MED) Bareynesse to god is reprouable, And cursed is yche man..That no fruht forth bryngþe. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxviii. 2 I sett kepynge til my mouth..that nane reprouabil word withpassid me. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 The ancient guise in old times vsed at weddings (in my simple opinion) nothing reproueable. 1642 J. Jackson Bk. Conscience 128 I will in speaking unto you..reprove what I think at this time most reproveable. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §5. 101 Thy faith was not only little but reprovable. 1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine iii. 97 Their too curious researchers, and wantonness of fancy hath made their Works as reprovable as their Lives. 1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 3 Those..who may be hinder'd, by their Prejudice in my Favour,..from observing what is reproveable. 1826 T. Wetherald Serm. vii. 199 I knew not, that a life of folly, of passion, and of pleasure, was so severely reproveable! 1858 A. C. Kendrick tr. H. Olshausen Biblical Comm. on New Test. IV. 198 He joyfully acknowledges what is good in him, reproves what is reprovable, nor yet on this account rejects the whole man. 1924 Musical Q. 10 444 A college professor was one thing, a professional musician another, and a quite reprovable one at that. 2002 S. Duck & L. VanderVoort in R. Goodwin & D. Cramer Inappropriate Relationships i. i. 17 Those acts that imply more general profaning..of the society's structures are most censoriously regarded, whereas those with more localized effects are less reprovable. β. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ix. 11 The fairnesse of an alien womman manye men wndrid ben maad repreuable [L. reprobi].?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 110 (MED) I haue clepid hem to grace in þe tyme þat þei weren repreuable þoru her defautis.c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 140 (MED) Brekyng of þi promysse..Is an euyl tecche and a repreuabyl exampyl.a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 512 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 99 (MED) Atte the lest y am nat repreuable Of fayled herte.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ei That I shall suffer none impechment..nor losse repryuable.a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 124 ^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reprevable He wes heltirt be the fend his maistir & led in repreuable wit. Derivatives reˈprovableness n. now rare ΚΠ c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 129 Inuye gendryrith lesyngis, þe qwyche is rote of repreuabylnes [L. reprobabilium] and mater of vycis. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Reprovableness, liableness to be reproved. 1870 Guide Holiness Sept. 280 Where sin is, there is unholiness, blameableness, and reproveableness in the sight of Him before whom we are to be presented. reˈprovably adv. now rare ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb] > in manner worthy of rebuke unornlyc1175 reprovablyc1449 reprehensibly1609 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 50 He vnresonabili and reprouabili askith..where a treuthe of moral philosophi is groundid in pure divynyte or in Holi Scripture, and wole not ellis trowe it to be trewe. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 385 (MED) None schal..spyt up on the stayres..nor in none other place repreuably but yf they trede it out forthwythe. 1631 Treat. Certainty of Perseverance in G. Downame Covenant of Grace 358 When a man liveth reprovably, he also maketh shipwracke as concerning the faith. 1719 P. Newcome Gospel Salvation Explain'd i. 25 Such, more Especially, are herein Reprovably concern'd, Who express their Kindness to Others by endeavouring to seduce them into Sin. 1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. I. v. 64 Educated in the same manner, and situated in the same position, we ourselves might have acted as reprovably. 2002 Re: Suicide Themes in rec.music.rem (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Apr. Just this side of anything too obviously highhanded or reprovably smug. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1382
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