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English
Etymology
From Latin sceleratus.
Adjective
scelerate (comparative more scelerate, superlative most scelerate)
- (obsolete) Wicked; villainous.
Noun
scelerate (plural scelerates)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of scelerat (“a villain or criminal”)
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
scelerāte
- vocative masculine singular of scelerātus
References
- “scelerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scelerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scelerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.