Category:Peccant

Pec"cant, a. Etym: [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.

Peccant Pec"cant, n.

Defn: an offender. [obs.] Whitlock.