irreproachable en · ADJ
Etymology
First attested in 1630. Borrowed from French irréprochable, from Middle French inreprochable. See also ir- + reproachable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Free from blame, not open to reproach or criticism; blameless.
At Athens the Prieſts and Prieſteſſes were drawn by lot, from the men and virgins of diſtinguiſhed family and irreproachable life. Maimed or deformed perſons were not admitted, and purity and chaſtity were ſo particularly required, that the Prieſts frequently uſed means to emaſculate themselves.
1793, T[homas] Wilson, “Priest”, in An Archæological Dictionary; or, Classical Antiquities of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, Alphabetically Arranged: …, 2nd edition, London: Printed for D. Ogilvy [et al.], →OCLC, column 1:“Dear me!” said I, “what a sweeping charge of folly you are bringing against nearly the whole sex, which, after all, is only another version of what I said, namely, that women were great fools to marry. I have no doubt there are exceptions, and that the poor Princess Charlotte, for instance, found a husband the most docile, irreproachable, and obedient of created beings, and that all heiresses apparent to thrones will do the same;[…]”
1851, [Rosina] Bulwer Lytton, chapter IV, in Miriam Sedley; or, The Tares and the Wheat. A Tale of Real Life., volume III, London: W[illiam] Shoberl, […], pages 140–141:
Deriveds
irreproachably · irreproachableness
Synonyms
Translations (19)
gv neuoltooanagh (free from blame) · nb uklanderlig (free from blame) · hu feddhetetlen (free from blame) · pl nieposzlakowany (free from blame) · pl nienaganny (free from blame) · ro ireproșabil (free from blame) · lb irreprochabel (free from blame) · no daddelfri (free from blame) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (free from blame) · eo senmanka (free from blame) · gv gyn cron (free from blame) · gv neuchyndagh (free from blame) · fr irréprochable (free from blame) · ru безукори́зненный (free from blame) · el άμεμπτος (free from blame) · bg безукорен (free from blame) · pl nieskazitelny (free from blame) · it irreprensibile (free from blame) · pt irreprochável (free from blame)