The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reprehensive
Reprehensive \Rep`re*hen"sive\ (-h?n"s?v), a. [Cf. F.
r['e]pr['e]hensif.]
Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
--South.
[1913 Webster] -- Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
reprehensive
1580s, from Latin stem of reprehend + -ive, perhaps on model of comprehensive.
Wiktionary
reprehensive
a. Containing reprehension or reproof.