• adj. 異端的；邪道的；極惡的
• n. 異端；惡棍；罪大惡極之人

來自古法語mescreant,信仰錯誤的人，不信基督的人，來自mis-,壞的，錯的，-cre,信仰，信任，詞源同credo,heart,credible.引申詞義非基督徒，異教徒，不忠之人，后用于指惡棍，歹徒等。比較 heathen,pagan.

miscreant

miscreant: see creed

miscreant (adj.)

c. 1300, "non-Christian, pagan, infidel;" early 15c., "heretical, unbelieving," from Old French mescreant "disbelieving" (Modern French mécréant), from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + creant, present participle of creire "believe," from Latin credere (see credo). Meaning "villainous" is from 1590s.

miscreant (n.)

late 14c., "heathen, Saracen," from miscreant (adj.) or from Old French mescreant, which also had a noun sense of "infidel, pagan, heretic." Sense of "villain" first recorded 1590 in Spenser.

1. How easy it has been in this febrile atmosphere to point the finger at miscreant journalists.

在目前這股熱潮中,對那些不道德的記者指指戳戳是多么的容易.

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