Reprobate
,—an abandoned wretch, lost to all sense of virtue; e.g. It has been said of Pitt, that while he was begging his mother’s blessing on his knees, at her death-bed, he stole her purse out of her pocket, underneath her pillow.
,—an abandoned wretch, lost to all sense of virtue; e.g. It has been said of Pitt, that while he was begging his mother’s blessing on his knees, at her death-bed, he stole her purse out of her pocket, underneath her pillow.
Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.