Both Uses of
reputable
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- You know, for instance, beforehand with positive certainty that this man, this most reputable and exemplary citizen, will on no consideration give you money; and indeed I ask you why should he?†
Chpt 1.2 *reputable = respected (with good reputation)
- The worst of it was his good nature made him trust all sorts of disreputable people, and he drank with fellows who were not worth the sole of his shoe.†
Chpt 5.2disreputable = not trusted or respected -- especially thought to engage in illegal activitiesstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disreputable means not or opposite. It reverses the meaning of reputable as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
Definition:
trusted and respected (having a good reputation)