reprobate

English

WOTD - 26 June 2010    

Etymology 1

From Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛpɹəbət/

Adjective

reprobate (comparative more reprobate, superlative most reprobate)

1. (rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.
2. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Second Edition, Book I, ll. 696-7,

     Strength and Art are easily out-done / By Spirits reprobate

3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

   The reprobate criminal sneered at me.

Translations

rejected

Estonian: hukkamõistetu (et) French: rejeté (fr), évincé (fr), condamné (fr), réprouvé (fr), blâmé (fr), flétri (fr), marginalisé (fr), banni (fr), blackboulé (fr), répudié (fr) German: zurückgewiesen (de), abgelehnt (de), aussortiert (de)

Spanish: arrojado (es), excluido (es), desterrado (es), relegado (es), reprobado (es), desdichado (es), condenado (es), censurado (es), culpado (es), infamado (es)

rejected by god

French: maudit (fr), anathématisé (fr), réprouvé (fr), excommunié (fr), stigmatisé (fr) German: verworfen (de)

Spanish: maldito (es), anatematizado (es), reprobado (es), excomulgado (es), mancillado (es), manchado (es)

immoral

French: maudit (fr), infâme (fr), cynique (fr), immoral (fr) German: verkommen (de), verwerflich (de), verworfen (de), ruchlos (de)

Spanish: infame (es), inmundo (es), inmoral (es)

Noun

reprobate (plural reprobates)

1. One rejected by God; a sinful person.
2. An individual with low morals or principles.

   I have no idea of what really goes on there, and do not care to know, as I intend to stay far away from that region, for one simple reason. I personally would prefer not to become fodder for the sadistic pleasures of the reprobates that infest the Frontier.

Translations

sinful person

German: Sünder (de) m.

individual with low morals

German: Schurke (de) m., Gauner (de) m., Halunke (de) m.

Related terms

• depraved

Etymology 2

From Latin reprobare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/

Verb

reprobate (third-person singular simple present reprobates, present participle reprobating, simple past and past participle reprobated)

1. To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.
2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
3. To refuse, set aside.

Translations

condemn

German: verdammen (de)

Romanian: reproba (ro)

abandon

German: verlassen (de), für gottlos (de) erklären (de)

refuse

German: verwerfen (de), verwehren (de), verweigern (de), ablehnen (de)

Anagrams

• perborate

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Latin

Verb

reprobāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of reprobō