scoundrel
noun/ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/
Etymology
From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).
Definitions
A mean, worthless fellow
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
- Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood / Has crept thro' Scoundrels ever ſince the Flood.
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No curated loop yet for scoundrel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA