Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
scelerate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A villain; a criminal.
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- noun obsolete A
villain ; acriminal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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None of thy garrison tricks with that young person, Frederic! vieux scelerat!
The Newcomes 2006
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Do you know I heard your idol of a Napoleon (the antique hero) called the other evening through a black beard and gnashing teeth, 'le plus grand scelerat du monde,' and his empire, 'le regne du Satan,' and his marshals, 'les coquins.'
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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'No!' cried Berenger; 'no, I am not that _scelerat_!
The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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'It was then he, _le scelerat_?' exclaimed Berenger; 'I have already thought it possible.'
The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Dumont remembers hearing him deliver a Report on Marseilles; 'every word was interrupted on the part of the Cote Droit by abusive epithets; calumniator, liar, assassin, scoundrel (scelerat): Mirabeau pauses a moment, and, in a honeyed tone, addressing the most furious, says: "I wait, Messieurs, till these amenities be exhausted."'
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Il n'est jamais permis de deteriorer une ame humaine pour l'avantage des autres, ni de faire un scelerat pour le service des honnetes gens.
The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Ah! the _scelerat_!" said Philip, smiling, "'tis a sad dog, but very clever and _loves me_, he would be incomparable, if he were but decently honest."
Devereux — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Il n'est jamais permis de deteriorer une ame humaine pour l'avantage des autres, ni de faire un scelerat pour le service des honnetes gens.
The Disowned — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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None of thy garrison tricks with that young person, Frederic! vieux scelerat!
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Il leur dit qu'on en voulait decidement à sa vie; que la maitresse de l'auberge, qui ne l'avait pas reconnu lui avait declaré que l'Empereur etait detesté comme un scelerat, et qu'on ne l'embarquerait que pour le noyer.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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