The Only Use of
reprobate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I returned home not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned not at all the more inclined to recur to these studies in any shape.†
p. 47.9reprobated = criticized or condemned
Definitions:
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(1)
(reprobate as in: the reprobate lied) an unprincipled or immoral person -- sometimes used affectionately
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(2)
(reprobate as in: reprobate behavior) unprincipled or immoral
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(3)
(reprobation as in: she fears their reprobation) expression of criticism