† disˈpraisable, a. Obs.
[f. dispraise v. + -able. Cf. OF. desprisable reprehensible, f. despriser to dispraise.]
Worthy of dispraise or blame.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. iii. viii. 325 He therbi be..preisable or dispreisable, doing honestli or doing dishonestli. 1553 N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 49 Innumerable other diuersities ther be of nature and of maners no deal yet dis⁓praysable. 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 639 Onely in this it is dispraisable..it bringeth forth Inhabitants of savage..and inhumane behaviour. 16.. T. Adams Wks. (1861–2) II. 462 (D.) It is dispraisable either to be senseless or fenceless. 1755 Johnson Dispraisible, unworthy of commendation. Dict. |