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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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!
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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.'
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'No!' cried Berenger; 'no, I am not that _scelerat_!
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'It was then he, _le scelerat_?' exclaimed Berenger; 'I have already thought it possible.'
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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."'
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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.
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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."
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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.
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None of thy garrison tricks with that young person, Frederic! vieux scelerat!
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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.
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