scoundrel
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drəl noun
1.
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
adjective
2.
mean or base in nature; villainous; unprincipled; dishonorable.
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scoundrel (ˈskaʊndrəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a worthless or villainous person | |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
| 'scoundrelly | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
scoundrel
1589, skowndrell, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo-Fr. escoundre (O.Fr. escondre) "to hide, hide oneself," from V.L. *excondere, from L. condere "to hide" (see abscond), The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of years lie between the two words.
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Example sentences
Steal a dollar, and get thrown behind bars as a scoundrel.
There's something ancient and real about it, and in a scoundrel's sort of way there's something honest, too.
Some local scoundrel had called the animal extermination league or something, and they vanished.
Lobo tears the villain's clothes to shreds, and eventually causes the wolves to give chase to this scoundrel.
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