Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reprovable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-prov-able
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure

Example Sentences

"Some great examples we find in story , and their names are remembered in honour ; but we can make no judgment of them , but that their zeal was reprovable for its intemperance , though it had excellency in the matter of the passion"
"Feeling hungry, she wanted to ask for food (an unthinkable action in conscious behavior) and so knocked on the door, but when nobody answered she entered the house (again a reprovable action) and saw a bearded man sitting in the single room."

Etymology

From reprove + -able? Compare French réprouvable.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: reprove

Inflected Forms

more reprovable (comparative) most reprovable (superlative)

Derived Forms

irreprovable reprovableness reprovably unreprovable

Questions

What does reprovable mean?: reproachable; worthy of reproof or censure
Where does reprovable come from?: From reprove + -able? Compare French réprouvable.

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