单词 | irreprehensible |
释义 | irreprehensibleadj. 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. ΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1384 |
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