Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peccant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. --Bacon.
3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peccant \Pec"cant\, n.
An offender. [Obs.] --Whitlock.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peccant
adj : liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter
Scott [syn: {peccable}]
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