miscreant
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- miscreaunt (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescroire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
miscreant (comparative more miscreant, superlative most miscreant)
- Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
- (theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.
Translations[edit]
lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
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holding an incorrect religious belief
Noun[edit]
miscreant (plural miscreants)
- One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
- The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
- One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- (theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)
- Rivers
- Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:miscreant.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:troublemaker
- See also Thesaurus:villain
Translations[edit]
one who has behaved badly or illegally
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one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
Anagrams[edit]
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