Etymology

irreproachable

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Today it means: Free from blame, not open to reproach or criticism; blameless. Full definition →

French irréprochable ← Middle French inreprochable
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  1. Middle French · derived frominreprochable
  2. French · borrowed fromirréprochable
  3. English todayirreproachable

First attested in 1630. Borrowed from French irréprochable, from Middle French inreprochable. See also ir- + reproachable.

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