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scoundrel
(encz) | scoundrel,darebák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scoundrel
(gcide) | Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
to shun. See Shun.]
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without
honor or virtue.
[1913 Webster]
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
--Pope.
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Scoundrel
(gcide) | Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, a.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
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scoundrel
(wn) | scoundrel
n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[syn: villain, scoundrel] |
SCOUNDREL
(bouvier) | SCOUNDREL. An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General
damages will not lie for calling a man a scoundrel, but special damages may
be recovered when there has been an actual loss. 2 Bouv: Inst. n. 2250; 1
Chit. Pr. 44.
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scoundrelly
(encz) | scoundrelly, adj: |
Scoundrel
(gcide) | Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
to shun. See Shun.]
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without
honor or virtue.
[1913 Webster]
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, a.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
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Scoundreldom
(gcide) | Scoundreldom \Scoun"drel*dom\, n.
The domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively;
the state, ideas, or practices of scoundrels. --Carlyle.
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Scoundrelism
(gcide) | Scoundrelism \Scoun"drel*ism\, n.
The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.
--Cotgrave.
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scoundrelly
(wn) | scoundrelly
adj 1: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble";
"the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M.
Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish
crew" [syn: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly,
blackguardly] |
SCOUNDREL
(bouvier) | SCOUNDREL. An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General
damages will not lie for calling a man a scoundrel, but special damages may
be recovered when there has been an actual loss. 2 Bouv: Inst. n. 2250; 1
Chit. Pr. 44.
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