Pec"cant (?), a. [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.
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Pec"cant, n.
An offender.
[Obs.]
Whitlock.
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