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peccant

pec·cant

peccant · more peccant · most peccant

Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sinOf a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.

/ˈpɛk(ə)nt/

Значение

значений: 4

(архаичное)Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.
(архаичное)Of an action or thing: causing offence or sin; offensive, sinful.
(также, архаичное, переносно, историческое)Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.
(архаичное, устаревшее)Offending a norm, a rule, etc.; defective, faulty, wrong.

Ещё определения

liable to sin

Происхождение

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French peccant (“unhealthy”) (modern French peccant)

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French peccant (“unhealthy”) (modern French peccant), and from its etymon Late Latin peccantis, the genitive singular of peccāns (“offending; sinning, transgressing”, adjective), from Latin peccāns (“wrongdoer”), a noun use of the active present participle of peccō (“to offend; to sin, transgress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to fall; to stumble; to step; to walk”).

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