peccant
sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
Origin of peccant
1Other words from peccant
- pec·can·cy, pec·cant·ness, noun
- pec·cant·ly, adverb
Words Nearby peccant
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How to use peccant in a sentence
This ultimate salvation of all mankind, and of all peccant spirits, is a conspicuous doctrine of Mr Bailey's.
The first was to observe strict "propriety" in her books—a point in which the novel had always been a little peccant.
The English Novel | George SaintsburyBetty, not really knowing what she was doing, bent over the peccant milkman's book.
What Timmy Did | Marie Adelaide Belloc LowndesIt would be easy to crush up a peccant borough or two,—a borough that had been discovered in its sin.
Phineas Finn | Anthony TrollopeThis idea had occurred to Joe from his remembrance of a peccant hound in the grasp of a tyrant whip.
Mr. Scarborough's Family | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for peccant
/ (ˈpɛkənt) /
guilty of an offence; corrupt
violating or disregarding a rule; faulty
producing disease; morbid
Origin of peccant
1Derived forms of peccant
- peccancy, noun
- peccantly, adverb
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