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scelestus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calamitous adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • criminal adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  • cur noun A mongrel or low-quality dog, especially one seen as vicious or worthless.
  • felon noun Someone convicted of a felony — a serious crime.
  • villain noun A wicked or evil character, especially the main antagonist in a story, film, or drama.
  • villainous adj Wicked, evil, or characteristic of a villain.

Senses

scelestus is used for these senses in English:

  • calamitous Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • criminal A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  • cur (dated, or, humorous) A detestable person.
  • felon (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
  • villain A deliberate scoundrel.
  • villainous Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.

calamitous — full definition

  1. adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  2. adj Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.

criminal — full definition

  1. adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  2. noun A person who has committed a crime.
  3. adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).

Related Latin words