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Webster 1913 Edition
Scoundrel
Scoun′drel
,Noun.
[Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
scunner
, scouner
, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
to shun. See Shun
.] A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.
Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through
Has crept through
scoundrels
ever since the flood. Pope.
Scoun′drel
,Adj.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scoundrel
SCOUN'DREL
,Noun.
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low petty villain; a man without honor or virtue.
Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
SCOUN'DREL
,Adj.