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reprobatory en · ADJ

Etymology

From reprobate + -ory.

Meanings

1. Synonym of reprobative.
   • [H]e brings out a crumpled piece of paper, and displays it in approved Dr. Marigold style, "Here's what the arsenic or strychnine was in, but now it is mixed with the dishes, knives, forks, spoons, biscuits, beef, &c.; in fact, our pantry and store-room are worse than a score of Pritchard's." Grand chorus, reprobatory of Max, who takes it very coolly, and says he daresays Dick has just spilt it, "his fingers being all thumbs," but never to mind, as he won't use any of the things till he has cleaned out the chest. 1870 February–March, David Leslie, “Wild Life in South Africa”, in W[illiam] H[enry] Drummond, editor, Among the Zulus and Amatongas: With Sketches of the Natives, Their Language and Customs; and the Country, Products, Climate, Wild Animals, &c. […], Glasgow: […] W[illiam] Gilchrist, […], published 1875, →OCLC, section VI (A Night Round the Fire), page 132:
   • There is yet another proverb in this stanza, confirmed by its presence in [Joseph] Morawski’s collection (1457): “En doit faire quant leus et tens en est,” a northern French version of what Peire Vidal states in the third line of this reprobatory strophe: “It is better to act while life is present.” 1997, Wendy Pfeffer, “Peire Vidal”, in Proverbs in Medieval Occitan Literature, Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, →ISBN, chapter 4 (At the Midpoint in Troubadour Time), page 66:

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reprobative