peccant ******************************************************************************** 1. That commits or has committed a fault or moral offence; sinning, offending. b. Said of things. 2. Offending against or violating some rule or principle; faulty, incorrect. ? Obs. 3. Causing disorder of the system; morbid, unhealthy, corrupt: used esp. in the humoral pathology; also, inducing disease. b. In figurative use. B. n. A sinner; an offender. Hence {sm}peccantly adv.; {sm}peccantness.