scelestic
English
Etymology
From Latin scelestus, from scelus (“wickedness”).
Adjective
scelestic (comparative more scelestic, superlative most scelestic)
- (obsolete, rare) evil; wicked; atrocious
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
- scelestic villainies
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scelestic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)