miscreant

• adj. 异端的；邪道的；极恶的
• n. 异端；恶棍；罪大恶极之人

来自古法语mescreant,信仰错误的人，不信基督的人，来自mis-,坏的，错的，-cre,信仰，信任，词源同credo,heart,credible.引申词义非基督徒，异教徒，不忠之人，后用于指恶棍，歹徒等。比较 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.

在目前这股热潮中,对那些不道德的记者指指戳戳是多么的容易.

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