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miscreant

Postby William Hupy » Fri May 01, 2015 9:10 am

Interesting how this word which originally meant a "wrong believer" evolved into meaning a person who breaks the law.
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Re: miscreant

Postby Slava » Sat May 02, 2015 9:45 pm

One of my favorite synonyms for this one: blackguard. I especially like how ckgu becomes gg in the pronunciation.
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