Associations to the word «Peccant»
Wiktionary
PECCANT, adjective. (obsolete) unhealthy; causing disease
PECCANT, adjective. Sinful
PECCANT, adjective. Wrong; defective; faulty
PECCANT, noun. (obsolete) An offender.
Dictionary definition
PECCANT, adjective. Liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott.
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.