scelerat

See also: scélérat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French scélérat, from Latin scelerātus, past participle of scelerāre (“to pollute, defile”), from scelus (“crime”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛləɹət/, /ˈsɛləɹæt/

Noun

scelerat (plural scelerats)

  1. (obsolete) A villain; a criminal.
    • 1705-1715, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
      Scelerats can by no Arts , nor any Amusements how violent soever , stifle the Cries of a wounded Conscience

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

scelerat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of scelerō

Romanian

Etymology

From French scélérat, from Latin sceleratus.

Noun

scelerat m (plural scelerați)

  1. scoundrel

Declension
Declension of scelerat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) scelerat sceleratul (niște) scelerați scelerații
genitive/dative (unui) scelerat sceleratului (unor) scelerați sceleraților
vocative sceleratule sceleraților
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