Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
culpable - 5 dictionary results

cul⋅pa⋅ble

[kuhl-puh-buhl]
–adjective
deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L culpābilis, equiv. to culpā(re) to hold liable (deriv. of culpa blame) + -bilis -ble; r. ME coupable < MF < L as above


cul⋅pa⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, cul⋅pa⋅ble⋅ness, noun
cul⋅pa⋅bly, adverb


reprehensible.
cul·pa·ble   (kŭl'pə-bəl)   
adj.  Deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious. See Synonyms at blameworthy.

[Middle English coupable, from Old French, from Latin culpābilis, from culpāre, to blame, from culpa, fault.]
cul'pa·bil'i·ty n., cul'pa·bly adv.

Culpable

Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault.]

1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. --State Trials (1413).

If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. --Sharp.

2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.
Language Translation for : culpable
Spanish: culpable,
German: schuldhaft,
Japanese: 過失のある

culpable 
c.1280, coupable, from O.Fr. coupable, from L. culpabilis, from culpa "crime, fault, blame." Both Eng. and Fr. restored the first Latin -l- in later Middle Ages.

Main Entry: cul·pa·ble
Pronunciation: 'k&l-p&-b&l
Function: adjective
: deserving condemnation or blame as wrong or harmful —cul·pa·bil·i·ty /"k&l-p&-'bi-l&-tE/ nouncul·pa·ble·ness nouncul·pa·bly adverb
Search another word or see culpable on Thesaurus | Reference
>