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reprobate.

Rejected; cast off as worthless.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹɛpɹəbət/
  1. Rejected; cast off as worthless.

    rare
  2. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

  3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.

    The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
Where this word comes from

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

noun/ˈɹɛpɹəbət/
  1. One rejected by God; a sinful person.

  2. A person with low morals or principles.

Where this word comes from

First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten), borrowed from Latin reprobātus (“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), perfect passive participle of reprobō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

verb/ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/
  1. To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.

  2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.

  3. To refuse, set aside.

Where this word comes from

First attested in c. 1451, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English reprobaten, from reprobat(e) (“condemned, damned”, also used as the past participle of reprobaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin reprobātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of reprove.

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