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miscreant

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  miscreant 
  n  :  a  person  without  moral  scruples  [syn:  {reprobate}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MISCREANT,  n.  A  person  of  the  highest  degree  of  unworth. 
  Etymologically,  the  word  means  unbeliever,  and  its  present 
  signification  may  be  regarded  as  theology's  noblest  contribution  to 
  the  development  of  our  language.




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