Definition of "peccant" in English

adjective

1. Of a person, etc.: that commits or has committed an offence or a sin; blameworthy, culpable, offending, sinful, sinning.

2. Of an action or thing: causing offence or sin; offensive, sinful.

3. (pathology, historical, also figurative) Especially of humours of the body: diseased, unhealthy; also, causing disease.

4. (obsolete) Offending a norm, a rule, etc.; defective, faulty, wrong.

noun

1. (obsolete) An offender; also, a sinner.