reprehensible

adj
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/UK/ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnsəb(ə)l/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from Latin reprehendo; equivalent to reprehend + -ible.

  1. derived from reprehendo
  2. borrowed from reprehensibilis

Definitions

  1. Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

  2. Deserving of reprehension.

    • Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind and the reprehensible sequel Scarlett.
    • At the inquest, the conduct of guard Austin was described as reprehensible.
  3. A reprehensible person

    A reprehensible person; a villain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reprehensible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reprehensible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at reprehensible

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA