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
Pec"cant, n.
Defn: An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock.
PECCANTLY
Pec"cant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a peccant manner.
PECCARY Pec"ca*ry, n.; pl. Peccaries. Etym: [From the native South American name: cf. F. pécari, Sp. pecar.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pachyderm of the genus Dicotyles.