scoundrel

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).

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