peccant

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic) Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.
2. (archaic) Of an action or thing: causing offence or sin; offensive, sinful.
3. (also, archaic, figuratively, historical) Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.
4. (archaic, obsolete) Offending a norm, a rule, etc.; defective, faulty, wrong.

Noun

An offender; also, a sinner.

Synonyms

sinful

sinner

peccable

morbid

offender

offending

sinning

unhealthy

wrong

bad for you

healthless

nonhealthy

corrupt

unhale

faulty

incorrect

Translations

sündig

malaltís

insà

faul

krankhaft

αμαρτωλός

coupable

irrespirabile

peccatore

malsane

zondig

doentio

não saudável

pecador

pecante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛk(ə)nt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: peccant

Cognate with Middle French: l'umeur peccante

Cognate with Old French: humeurs pechantes

In summary

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 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.