Associations to the word «Miscreant»

Wiktionary

MISCREANT, adjective. Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
MISCREANT, adjective. (theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.
MISCREANT, noun. One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
MISCREANT, noun. One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
MISCREANT, noun. (theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.

Dictionary definition

MISCREANT, noun. A person without moral scruples.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky