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scelerat

/ˈsɛləɹət/

scelerat noun: a criminal, a villain.

Noun

scelerat (plural scelerats)

  1. (obsolete) A criminal, a villain.
    • Hence it is, that Scelerats, can by no Arts, nor any Amuſements hovv violent ſoever, ſtifle the Cries of a vvounded Conſcience; […]1715, George Cheyne, “Of the Philosophical Principles of Reveal’d Religion. Corollary I.”, in Philosophical Principles of Religion: Natural and Revealed: […] Philosophical Principles of Religion....

Forms of scelerat

pluralscelerats

Origin of scelerat

Borrowed from French scélérat, from Latin scelerātus, past participle of scelerāre (“to pollute, defile”), from scelus (“crime”).

Questions about scelerat

What does scelerat mean?
Scelerat means a criminal, a villain.
What part of speech is scelerat?
Scelerat is a noun.
How do you pronounce scelerat?
Scelerat is pronounced /ˈsɛləɹət/.
What is the plural of scelerat?
The plural of scelerat is scelerats.

Words near scelerat in the dictionary

  1. scedosporiosis
  2. scedule
  3. scedules
  4. sceffoleoside
  5. sceince
  6. scelerat
  7. scelerate
  8. scelerates
  9. sceleratine
  10. scelerats
  11. scelerophobe

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