miscreant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/    美 /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
    — The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
  2. One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
    — A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door
  3. One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
    — Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad, Ringing with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles: And making bonfires for my ouerthrow. But ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
    — How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all?
  2. Holding an incorrect religious belief.

词形变化

more miscreant comparative most miscreant superlative miscreaunt alternative,obsolete miscreants plural miscreaunt alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
词源 2
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
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