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51lawless — adj 1. rebellious, mutinous, insurrectionary, insurgent, seditious, seditionary, revo utionary, secessionist, riotous, terrorist; defiant, unsubmissive, insubordinate, disobedient, wayward; ungovernable, intractable, uncontrollable, unconformable …
52malefact — n 1. criminal, felon, larcener, larcenist, misdemeanant, lawbreaker; convict, Sl. jailbird, parolee, exconvict, Inf. ex con, recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit, miscreant; wrongdoer,… …
53reprobate — n 1. miscreant, villain, blackguard, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; scapegrace, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, Archaic. varlet, scamp, Inf. scalawag, rapscallion; ne er do well, good for nothing, Fr. vaurien, Sl. bum; cur, Sl. dog, Inf. hound,… …
54creed — [OE] Creed was the first of a wide range of English words borrowed from Latin crēdere ‘believe’. Others include credible [14] (from Latin crēdibilis), credence [14] (from Old French credence), credential [16] (from medieval Latin crēdentiālis),… …
55Knave — (n[=a]v), n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. knaap, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire, kn[ a]fvel knave.] 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer. [1913… …
56Knave child — Knave Knave (n[=a]v), n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. knaap, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire, kn[ a]fvel knave.] 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] Wyclif.… …
57Mis- — (m[i^]s ). [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis ; akin to D. mis , G. miss , OHG. missa , missi , Icel. & Dan. mis , Sw. miss , Goth. missa ; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. m[=i]dan, AS. m[=i][eth]an ([root]100. Cf.… …
58Miscreance — Mis cre*ance, Miscreancy Mis cre*an*cy, n. [OF. mescreance, F. m[ e]cr[ e]ance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …
59Miscreancy — Miscreance Mis cre*ance, Miscreancy Mis cre*an*cy, n. [OF. mescreance, F. m[ e]cr[ e]ance incredulity.] The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false religion; false faith. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …
60Moony — Moon y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the moon. [1913 Webster] Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster] 2. Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent. [1913 Webster] But soon the miscreant moony host Before the victor cross shall… …
