reprehensible, a.
(rɛprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l)
[ad. late L. reprehensibilis, f. reprehens-, ppl. stem of reprehendĕre to reprehend: see -ible. Cf. F. répréhensible (1314).]
Deserving of reprehension, censure, or rebuke; reprovable; blameworthy.
| 1382 Wyclif Gal. ii. 11, I stood aȝens hym in to the face, for he was reprehensyble [v.r. repreuable]. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 183/2 Whereby it is to be gathered, that the bishop and deacon are noted infamous and reprehensible. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xx. (Arb.) 58 In a meane man prodigalitie and pride are faultes more reprehensible then in Princes. 1651 Hobbes Govt. & Soc. i. §7. 10 It is therefore neither absurd, nor reprehensible..for a man to use all his endeavours to..defend his Body. 1665 Glanvill Def. Van. Dogm. 6 To keep such voluminous ado about acknowledg'd uncertainties, is a very reprehensible vanity. 1777 Sheridan Sch. Scand. iii. ii, In my mind, the other's economy in selling it to him was more reprehensible by half. 1831 Lamb Elia ii. Ellistonia, The fault is least reprehensible in players. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. viii. (1862) 104 There is even an irregular, unconstitutional, and reprehensible act done. |
Hence repreˈhensibleness (Bailey vol. II, 1727); repreˌhensiˈbility (Cent. Dict. 1891).