reprobate
pronunciation
How to pronounce reprobate in British English:
UK [ˈreprəbeɪt]
How to pronounce reprobate in American English:
US [ˈrɛprəˌbet]
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- Noun:
- a person without moral scruples
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- Verb:
- reject (documents) as invalid
- abandon to eternal damnation
- express strong disapproval of
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- Adjective:
- marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good
Word Origin
- reprobate
- reprobate: [16] The Latin prefix re- usually denoted ‘return’ or ‘repetition’, but it was also used for ‘reversal of a previous condition’. This usage lies behind Latin reprobāre (source of English reprove [14]), a compound verb based on probāre ‘test, approve’ (source of English prove). It meant ‘disapprove’, and its past participle reprobātus was used in post-classical Latin to denote a person ‘disapproved or abandoned by God’ because of their wickedness.=> probation, probe, prove, reprove
- reprobate (adj.)
- early 15c., "rejected as worthless," from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn," from Latin re- "opposite of, reversal of previous condition" (see re-) + probare "prove to be worthy" (see probate (n.)). Earliest form of the word in English was a verb, meaning "to disapprove" (early 15c.).
- reprobate (n.)
- 1540s, "one rejected by God," from reprobate (adj.). Sense of "abandoned or unprincipled person" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. The reprobate have only apparent faith .
- 2. But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate .
- 3. So the sun reprobate me .
- 4. A reckless and unprincipled reprobate .
- 5. And even as they did not like to retain god in their knowledge , god gave them over to a reprobate mind , to do those things which are not .