peccantly

Variant of peccant

peccant definition

pec·cant (pek′ənt)

adjective

  1. sinful; sinning
  2. breaking or disregarding a rule or practice; faulty
  3. Rare diseased or causing disease

Etymology: L peccans, prp. of peccare, to sin

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.