Meaning of PECCANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'pekunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott |
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| | Synonyms: | | peccable, wicked |
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\Pec"cant\, a. [L. peccans, -antis, p. pr. of peccare to
sin: cf. F. peccant.]
1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant
angels. --Milton.
2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. --Bacon.
3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] --Ayliffe.
\Pec"cant\, n.
An offender. [Obs.] --Whitlock.
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