reprobate

English

WOTD – 26 June 2010    

Etymology 1

From Latin reprobatus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), 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

• Dutch: verworpen (nl), veroordeeld (nl)
• 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

• Dutch: verworpen (nl), verlaten (nl)
• 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

• Dutch: immoreel (nl), verwerpelijk (nl)
• 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.
   • Sir Walter Raleigh

     I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.

   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1

     "Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"

Translations

sinful person

• Dutch: zondaar (nl) m
• German: Sünder (de) m

• Russian: нечестивец (ru) (nečestívec) m

individual with low morals

• Dutch: onverlaat (nl) m, schurk (nl) m
• German: Schurke (de) m, Gauner (de) m, Halunke (de) m

• Russian: негодяй (ru) (negodjа́j) 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

• Dutch: verwerpen (nl), veroordelen (nl)
• German: verdammen (de)

• Romanian: reproba (ro)

abandon

• Dutch: verlaten (nl)

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

refuse

• Dutch: verwerpen (nl), weigeren (nl)

• 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