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scoundrel

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scoun⋅drel

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

Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.


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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