Hypertext Webster Gateway: "miscreant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, a.
1. Holding a false religious faith.
2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Miscreant \Mis"cre*ant\, n. [OF. mescreant, F. m['e]cr['e]ant;
pref. mes- (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to
believe. See {Creed}.]
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
[Obs.] --Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction
of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our
Lord God. --Rivers.
2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an
unscrupulous villain; a while wretch. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
miscreant
n : a person without moral scruples [syn: {reprobate}]
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