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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PECCANT

a.[L. peccans. See Peccable. ] 1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as peccant angels.
2. Morbid; bad; corrupt; not healthy; as peccant humors.
3. Wrong; bad; defective; informal; as a peccant citation. [Not used. ]

 

PECCANT

n.An offender. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PECCANT

Pec "cant, a. Etym: [L. peccans, -antis, p.pr. of peccare to sin: cf. F. peccant. ]

 

1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton.

 

2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon.

 

3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] Ayliffe.

 

PECCANT

PECCANT Pec "cant, n.

 

Defn: An offender. [Obs. ] Whitlock.

 

PECCANTLY

PECCANTLY Pec "cant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a peccant manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

peccant

pec cant |ˈpekənt ˈpɛkənt | ▶adjective archaic 1 having committed a fault or sin; offending. 2 diseased or causing disease. DERIVATIVES pec can cy |ˈpekənsē |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. ( sense 2 ): from Latin peccant- ‘sinning, ’ from the verb peccare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

peccant

peccant |ˈpɛk (ə )nt | ▶adjective archaic 1 having committed a fault or sin. 2 diseased or causing disease. DERIVATIVES peccancy noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): from Latin peccant- ‘sinning ’, from the verb peccare.