Found 2 items, similar to Peccant.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peccant
peccant
adj : liable to sin;
“a frail and peccable mortal”- Sir Walter
Scott [syn:
peccable]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peccant
Peccant
\Pec"cant\, a. [L. peccans, -antis, p. pr. of peccare to
sin: cf. F. peccant.]
1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant
angels. --Milton.
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2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. --Bacon.
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3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] --Ayliffe.
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Peccant
\Pec"cant\, n.
An offender. [Obs.] --Whitlock.
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