scelerate

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See also: scélérate

English

Etymology

From Latin sceleratus.

Adjective

scelerate (comparative more scelerate, superlative most scelerate)

  1. (obsolete) Wicked; villainous.

Noun

scelerate (plural scelerates)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of scelerat (a villain or criminal)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

scelerāte

  1. 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.