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peccant

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  1. 1. a. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Wrong; defective; faulty. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. An offender. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. liable to sin Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton. 2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon. 3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] Ayliffe. An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock. Source: webster
  7. 7. An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock. Source: adambom

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