deprecable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin deprecabilis (“exorable”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deprecable (comparative more deprecable, superlative most deprecable)
- That may or should be deprecated.
- 1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike
- book upon the temporall destruction of the greatest King, as far less deprecable than the eternall damnation of the meanest Subject
- 1649, King Charles I (attributed), Eikon Basilike
References
[edit]- “deprecable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “deprecable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.