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scoundrel definition

scoun·drel (sko̵un′drəl)

noun

a mean, immoral, or wicked person; rascal

Etymology: prob. a disparaging dim. < Anglo-Fr escoundre (for OFr escondre), to abscond < VL *scondere, aphetic for L abscondere, abscond

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