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单词 irreprehensible
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irreprehensibleadj.

/ɪrɛprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
Etymology: < late Latin irreprehensibilis, < ir- (ir- prefix2) + reprehens- , participial stem of reprehendĕre to reprehend v.: see -ible suffix, and compare French irrépréhensible (14th cent. in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter).
Now rare.
Not reprehensible or blameworthy; not liable to blame or reproof; irreproachable.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > absence of moral flaw > [adjective] > above reproach
unreprovablea1382
irreprehensiblec1384
irreprevablec1440
irreprovable?1504
unrebukable1530
unblameable?1537
unreproachable1578
unaccusable1582
irreproachable1634
unimpeachable1785
uncensurable1821
sanctorum1824
Simon Pure1835
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iii. 2 It bihoueth a byschop for to be irreprehensyble, or withoute reproue, and the hosebonde of oo wyf.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 305 Hys iugement which is in dede iust and irreprehensible but also incomprehensible.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 7 The definition remaineth irreprehensible.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 266 A man as excellent for Learning, as for his plain-dealing, and sincerity of an irreprehensible life.
1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend i. i. 25 I profess..a most perfect knowledge of men and manners. Yours, gracious sir,..are not irreprehensible.
1848 R. Turnbull Pulpit Orators France 87 You ought to have been strict and irreprehensible in your compliance with the dictates of reason.

Derivatives

irrepreˈhensibleness n.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Irreprehensibleness.
irrepreˈhensibly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > absence of moral flaw > [adverb] > in a manner above reproach
unreprovably1535
unblameably1539
irreprovably1599
irreprehensibly1611
irreproachably1705
unimpeachably1821
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Irreprehensiblement, irreprehensibly, blamelesly, vnreprouably.
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iii. 20 in Elements Philos. He defined the same Proportion irreprehensibly.
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