D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Peccant

· Pec·cant · IPA /ˈpɛk(ə)nt/
01 a. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.
  1. 1.
    Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.
  2. 2.
    Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors.
  3. 3.
    Wrong; defective; faulty.[R.]
02 n. An offender.
  1. 1.
    An offender.[Obs.]