All 3 Uses
reputable
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Edited)
- In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men.
p. 2.1reputable = respected (with good reputation)
- A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.
p. 24.2 *
- Much of his past was unearthed, indeed, and all disreputable: tales came out of the man's cruelty, at once so callous and violent; of his vile life, of his strange associates, of the hatred that seemed to have surrounded his career; but of his present whereabouts, not a whisper.
p. 42.3disreputable = causing distrust and disrespectstandard 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.
Definitions:
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(1)
(reputable) trusted and respected (having a good reputation)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)