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
Definition:
a person who behaves in an unprincipled or immoral way; or behavior that is immoral or unprincipled; or (less commonly) to criticize such behavior
Reprobate is sometimes used affectionately to describe someone who breaks rules in a charming or amusing way.