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miscreant (noun)

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  • miscreant — ► NOUN 1) a person who behaves badly or unlawfully. 2) archaic a heretic. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ behaving badly or unlawfully. ORIGIN Old French mescreant, from mescreire disbelieve …   English terms dictionary

  • miscreant — noun (C) old use a bad person who causes trouble, hurts people etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • miscreant — noun the South Street playground has been taken over by a pack of drug dealing miscreants Syn: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, malefactor, offender, villain, lawbreaker, evildoer, delinquent, hoodlum, reprobate; Law malfeasant …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • miscreant — {{11}}miscreant (adj.) c.1300, non Christian, pagan, infidel; early 15c., heretical, unbelieving, from O.Fr. mescreant disbelieving (Mod.Fr. mécréant), from mes wrongly (see MIS (Cf. mis ) (2)) + creant, prp. of creire believe, from L. credere… …   Etymology dictionary

  • miscreant — UK [ˈmɪskrɪənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms miscreant : singular miscreant plural miscreants literary someone who does something wrong or commits a crime …   English dictionary

  • miscreant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English miscreaunt, from Anglo French mescreant, present participle of mescreire to disbelieve, from mes + creire to believe, from Latin credere more at creed Date: 14th century 1. unbelieving, heretical 2. depraved …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • miscreant — 1. adjective /ˈmɪs.kri.ənt/ a) Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous. b) Holding an incorrect religious belief. 2. noun /ˈmɪs.kri.ənt/ a) One who has behaved b …   Wiktionary

  • miscreant — mis|cre|ant [ mıskriənt ] noun count LITERARY someone who does something wrong or commits a crime …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • miscreant — [ mɪskrɪənt] noun 1》 a person who behaves badly or unlawfully. 2》 archaic a heretic. adjective 1》 behaving badly or unlawfully. 2》 archaic heretical. Origin ME (as adjective meaning disbelieving ): from OFr. mescreant, pres. participle of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • miscreant — /ˈmɪskriənt / (say miskreeuhnt) adjective 1. depraved, villainous, or base. 2. Obsolete misbelieving; holding a false religious belief. –noun 3. a vile wretch; villain. 4. Obsolete a misbelieving person, as a heretic or an infidel. {Middle… …  

  • lawbreaker — noun to her dying day, Bobbie never believed that her son was a lawbreaker Syn: criminal, offender, wrongdoer, malefactor, evildoer, transgressor, miscreant; villain, rogue, ruffian, felon; Law malfeasant; informal crook, con, jailbird, hood;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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