Noah Webster
Peccant
PEC'CANT, adjective [Latin peccans. See Peccable.]
1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as peccant angels.
2. Morbid; bad; corrupt; not healthy; as peccant humors.
3. Wrong; bad; defective; informal; as a peccant citation. [Not used.]
PEC'CANT, noun An offender. [Not used.]