Scoun"drel , a. Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
Scoun"drel (?), n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch scunner, scouner, to
loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian to shun. See
Shun.] A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue. Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever
since the flood. Pope.
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