miscreanticadj.
/ˌmɪskrɪˈantɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪskriˈæn(t)ɪk/ rare.
Characteristic of a miscreant; villainous.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [adjective]
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miscreantic1793
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked > villainous
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1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Life Late Earl of Barrymore (ed. 3) 87 The miscreantic, pallid, hell-born, pestilential group.
1794 J. Williams Crying Epist. 59 (note) Mr. Pitt has apparently as little respect for individual worth..as the most vile and miscreantic of his predecessors.
1998 Re: Andy Warhol's Dracula/Frankenstein in alt.horror (Usenet newsgroup) 5 June Whatever philosophy guided these miscreantic monstrosities has long since passed away, but suffice to say that Warhol did not force them to remove his name.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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