scoundrel

Etymology

Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner (“to shrink back in fear or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).

noun

  1. A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.

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