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peccant |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: peccant adj : liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott [syn: {peccable}]
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