Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scoundrel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
to shun. See {Shun}.]
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without
honor or virtue.
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood Has crept
through scoundrels ever since the flood. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, a.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scoundrel
n : a wicked or evil person [syn: {villain}]
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