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peccant
[ pek-uhnt ]
adjective
- sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
peccant
/ ˈɛəԳ /
adjective
- guilty of an offence; corrupt
- violating or disregarding a rule; faulty
- producing disease; morbid
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Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, noun
- ˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- c· cԳ·Ա noun
- cԳ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of peccant1
C17: from Latin peccans, from to sin
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Many of these eruptions are considered of a critical and salutary nature; and the ancients fancied that nature relieved herself by throwing upon the surface some “peccant humours.”
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Was a crusade to be preached, for the annihilation of the peccant race?
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Is it not always humiliating to be treated like a peccant school-boy?
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Landlord and maidens must be instantly released with full apologies, with substantial damages in the future, which should be extorted from the pay of the truculent and peccant braves.
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Nor did the peccant Lieutenant James think it worth while to resign his commission.
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