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scoun⋅drel

  [skoun-druhl]
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–noun
1. an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
–adjective
2. mean or base in nature; villainous; unprincipled; dishonorable.
Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
1. scamp, rapscallion, miscreant. See knave.
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scoun·drel   (skoun'drəl)   
n.  A villain; a rogue.

[Origin unknown.]
scoun'drel·ly adj.
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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.

Scoundrel

Scoun"drel\, a. Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
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Language Translation for : scoundrel
Spanish: sinvergüenza,
German: der Schurke,
Japanese: 悪人
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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