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reprehensive (adj.)
"containing reproof; of the nature of reproof," 1580s, from Latin stem of reprehend + -ive; perhaps formed on the model of comprehensive. OED says rival adjective reprehensory (1580s) is "Now rare."
updated on July 12, 2021
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Dictionary entries near reprehensive
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