reprehensiveadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛprᵻˈhɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/ˌrɛprəˈhɛnsɪv/,

/ˌrɛpriˈhɛnsɪv/

Forms: 1500s–1600s reprehensiue, 1500s– reprehensive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin reprehens- , reprehendere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin reprehens-, past participial stem of reprehendere reprehend v. + -ive suffix, perhaps after Middle French reprehensif (French répréhensif ) that reprimands or rebukes (1467; 19th cent. in sense ‘worthy of reproach’). Compare post-classical Latin reprehensivus condemnatory (13th cent. in British sources). Compare earlier reprehend v., reprehension n., reprehensible adj., and also reprehensory adj. Compare also earlier apprehensive adj., and also comprehensive adj., etc.

1. Of the nature of or characterized by reprehension; expressing or conveying a rebuke; reproving.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective]

rebukeful1478

rebukousa1513

reprehensory1576

reprehensive1577

redargutory1634

correptory1659

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 201 He wiped and clensed the soules a litle before infected, oppressed with all kinde of filthe, and heapes of impious decrees, with reprehensiue leasons of Discipline.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiii. 24 The said auncient Poets vsed for that purpose, three kinds of poems reprehensiue.

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 22 He answereth by an Interrogation, such as the Rhetoricians call..a question reprehensiue.

1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 4 Words consolatory, Instructive, Reprehensive.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlii. 213 I give you my sincere thanks for every line of your reprehensive letters.

1779 R. Tickell Epist. Charles Fox 11 Μany a feeble frown and struggling smile..seem with reprehensive love to say, ‘Dear Mr. Townshend, wherefore didst thou stray!’

1825 R. Culbertson Lect. Revel. xii. 160 The body of this epistle consists of two parts; one of which is commendatory, and the other reprehensive.

1865 Habits of Good Society (new ed.) i. viii. 305 Her style of manner is like the Austrian policy, repressive; her style of conversation, reprehensive.

1922 S. H. Adams From Bench in our Square 142 He shook a reprehensive head. ‘An unfortunate case,’ he boomed; ‘most unfortunate.’

1990 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 20 244 The Greek theatre began in satirical representations of vice,..and it remained reprehensive throughout the evolution of comedy and tragedy.

2. Deserving of reprehension, reprehensible.

ΚΠ

1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 92 Neither indeed, is the sumptuousnes of the habit, so reprehensiue as the phantasticknes of the habit [in] respect of the form or fashion.

1703 Special Medit. Concerning Good Lett. 12 Who can express how bad, how grievous, hainous, scandalous, offensive, reprehensive and intolerable it [sc. giving in to anger] is in a Man with an Emphasis, or Man of Eminency.

1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide III. 30 A powerfully humiliating painful sense of her own reprehensive conduct.

1905 Spatula Oct. 806/2 Probably the most reprehensive practice in regard to appearance..is the tobacco-chewing habit.

1982 Times 4 Jan. 4/5 The mufti's conclusion..was that Islamic law banned women drivers to stop them indulging in reprehensive practices such as going out unveiled or mingling with strangers.

2005 C. Valiente in M. Threlfall et al. Gendering Spanish Democracy ii. iv. 97 Unwanted sexual behaviour in the workplace is a reprehensive behaviour to be punished under the Spanish law.

Derivatives

repreˈhensively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb]

snobberlya1300

reprovinglya1382

rebukingly1442

increpatively1483

rebukefully1531

scoldingly1548

chidingly1552

checkinglya1627

reprehensively1631

objurgatorily1659

remonstratingly1829

admonitorily1845

remonstrantly1872

objurgatively1897

chasteningly1901

1631 J. Mabbe in tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd Ep. Ded. sig. A iij^v Sithence it is written reprehensively, and not instructively.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1873) v. li. 175 Mr. Bulstrode asked, reprehensively, what the new police was doing.

1907 Macmillan's Mag. 2 New ser. 670 At times our stolid seniors fed them [sc. vagrant chimney sweeps] and, reprehensively maybe, put them in the path of stingo and dark shag.

2006 T. Wayne Scandinal 25 ‘That's a very silly question..’. He shook a finger at me reprehensively.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reprehensive
释义	reprehensiveadj. Brit. /ˌrɛprᵻˈhɛnsɪv/, U.S. /ˌrɛprəˈhɛnsɪv/, /ˌrɛpriˈhɛnsɪv/ Forms: 1500s–1600s reprehensiue, 1500s– reprehensive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin reprehens- , reprehendere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin reprehens-, past participial stem of reprehendere reprehend v. + -ive suffix, perhaps after Middle French reprehensif (French répréhensif ) that reprimands or rebukes (1467; 19th cent. in sense ‘worthy of reproach’). Compare post-classical Latin reprehensivus condemnatory (13th cent. in British sources). Compare earlier reprehend v., reprehension n., reprehensible adj., and also reprehensory adj. Compare also earlier apprehensive adj., and also comprehensive adj., etc. 1. Of the nature of or characterized by reprehension; expressing or conveying a rebuke; reproving. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] rebukeful1478 rebukousa1513 reprehensory1576 reprehensive1577 redargutory1634 correptory1659 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 201 He wiped and clensed the soules a litle before infected, oppressed with all kinde of filthe, and heapes of impious decrees, with reprehensiue leasons of Discipline. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiii. 24 The said auncient Poets vsed for that purpose, three kinds of poems reprehensiue. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 22 He answereth by an Interrogation, such as the Rhetoricians call..a question reprehensiue. 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 4 Words consolatory, Instructive, Reprehensive. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xlii. 213 I give you my sincere thanks for every line of your reprehensive letters. 1779 R. Tickell Epist. Charles Fox 11 Μany a feeble frown and struggling smile..seem with reprehensive love to say, ‘Dear Mr. Townshend, wherefore didst thou stray!’ 1825 R. Culbertson Lect. Revel. xii. 160 The body of this epistle consists of two parts; one of which is commendatory, and the other reprehensive. 1865 Habits of Good Society (new ed.) i. viii. 305 Her style of manner is like the Austrian policy, repressive; her style of conversation, reprehensive. 1922 S. H. Adams From Bench in our Square 142 He shook a reprehensive head. ‘An unfortunate case,’ he boomed; ‘most unfortunate.’ 1990 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 20 244 The Greek theatre began in satirical representations of vice,..and it remained reprehensive throughout the evolution of comedy and tragedy. 2. Deserving of reprehension, reprehensible. ΚΠ 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 92 Neither indeed, is the sumptuousnes of the habit, so reprehensiue as the phantasticknes of the habit [in] respect of the form or fashion. 1703 Special Medit. Concerning Good Lett. 12 Who can express how bad, how grievous, hainous, scandalous, offensive, reprehensive and intolerable it [sc. giving in to anger] is in a Man with an Emphasis, or Man of Eminency. 1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide III. 30 A powerfully humiliating painful sense of her own reprehensive conduct. 1905 Spatula Oct. 806/2 Probably the most reprehensive practice in regard to appearance..is the tobacco-chewing habit. 1982 Times 4 Jan. 4/5 The mufti's conclusion..was that Islamic law banned women drivers to stop them indulging in reprehensive practices such as going out unveiled or mingling with strangers. 2005 C. Valiente in M. Threlfall et al. Gendering Spanish Democracy ii. iv. 97 Unwanted sexual behaviour in the workplace is a reprehensive behaviour to be punished under the Spanish law. Derivatives repreˈhensively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb] snobberlya1300 reprovinglya1382 rebukingly1442 increpatively1483 rebukefully1531 scoldingly1548 chidingly1552 checkinglya1627 reprehensively1631 objurgatorily1659 remonstratingly1829 admonitorily1845 remonstrantly1872 objurgatively1897 chasteningly1901 1631 J. Mabbe in tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd Ep. Ded. sig. A iij^v Sithence it is written reprehensively, and not instructively. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1873) v. li. 175 Mr. Bulstrode asked, reprehensively, what the new police was doing. 1907 Macmillan's Mag. 2 New ser. 670 At times our stolid seniors fed them [sc. vagrant chimney sweeps] and, reprehensively maybe, put them in the path of stingo and dark shag. 2006 T. Wayne Scandinal 25 ‘That's a very silly question..’. He shook a finger at me reprehensively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1577
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