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Definition of Reprehensive
1. a. Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
Definition of Reprehensive
1. Adjective. Containing reprehension or reproof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprehensive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprehensive
Literary usage of Reprehensive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Marston by John Marston, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1856)
"... Of reprehensive language is even blunted To full contempt; since vice is now
term'd fashion, And most are growne to ill even with defence, ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"... making no distinction between interest and usury, and holding the practice of
requiring either to be reprehensive.1 With the progress of civilization, ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Other resolutions were likewise agreed upon: — 1st, reprehensive of the conduct
of the governor ..."
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