peccant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite liable to sin
    peccable.
    • a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott

WordNet

Pec"cant adjective
Etymology
L. peccans, -antis, p.pr. of peccare to sin: cf. F. peccant.
Definitions
  1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton.
  2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon.
  3. Wrong; defective; faulty. R. Ayliffe.
Pec"cant noun
Definitions
  1. An offender. Obs. Whitlock.

Webster 1913