peccant

a. 有罪的, 犯罪的, 违章的, 犯规的, 病态的, 致病的 [医] 有病的, 不健康的, 致病的

发音

US /ˈpɛk(ə)nt/
其它
UK /ˈpɛk(ə)nt/

词形变化

peccants 复数 peccants more peccant 比较级 most peccant 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An offender; also, a sinner.

    古体 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Of an action or thing: causing offence or sin; offensive, sinful.

    古体
  3. 3.

    Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.

    古体 比喻 历史 医学
  4. 4.

    Offending a norm, a rule, etc.; defective, faulty, wrong.

    古体 废旧

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词源

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French peccant (“unhealthy”) (modern French peccant), and from its etymon Late Latin peccantis, the genitive singular of peccāns (“offending; sinning, transgressing”, adjective), from Latin peccāns (“wrongdoer”), a noun use of the active present participle of peccō (“to offend; to sin, transgress”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to fall; to stumble; to step; to walk”). As regards adjective sense 3 (“diseased, unhealthy”) as used in peccant humours, compare Middle French l'umeur peccante, humeurs peccantes, Old French humeurs pechantes, and Late Latin humores peccantes. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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