miscreant
/ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
noun
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
noun
One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
Example Sentences
- "How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all?"
- "The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal."
- "Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye:"
- "A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door"
- "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, […]"
- "Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood fowly shamed"
Etymology
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: myscreaunt, mescreant
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
- British English: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
Inflected Forms
more miscreant (comparative)
most miscreant (superlative)
miscreaunt (alternative, obsolete)
miscreants (plural)