Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wicked; evil; atrocious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Evil; wicked; atrocious.
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- adjective obsolete, rare
evil ;wicked ;atrocious
Etymologies
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Latin scelestus, from scelus wickedness.
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adj., wicked (From a Latin word with the same meaning; also, scelestious)
July 9, 2008