- sinful; sinning
- breaking or disregarding a rule or practice; faulty
- Rare diseased or causing disease
Origin of peccant
Classical Latin peccans, present participle of peccare, to sinpeccant
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peccant
adjective
- Sinful; guilty.
- Violating a rule or an accepted practice; erring.
Origin of peccant
Latin peccāns peccant- present participle of peccāre to sin ; see ped- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- pec′can·cy
noun
- pec′cant·ly
adverb
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