Definition of Scoundril
Scoun"drel (?), n. [Probably from Prov.
E. & Scotch scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust,
akin to AS. scunian to shun. See Shun.] A mean,
worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or
virtue.
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
Pope.
Scoun"drel, a. Low; base; mean;
unprincipled.
Scoun"drel (?), n. [Probably from Prov.
E. & Scotch scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust,
akin to AS. scunian to shun. See Shun.] A mean,
worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or
virtue.
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
Pope.
Scoun"drel, a. Low; base; mean;
unprincipled.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
SCOUNDREL. A man void of every principle of honour.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- a wicked person; a villain
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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