deprecable

English

Etymology

Latin deprecabilis (“exorable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛp.ɹə.kə.bl̩/

Adjective

deprecable (comparative more deprecable, superlative most deprecable)

1. 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

References

• “deprecable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “deprecable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.