Pec"cant, n. An offender.
[Obs.] Whitlock.
Pec"cant (?), a. [L. peccans,
-antis, p. pr. of peccare to sin: cf. F.
peccant.] 1. Sinning; guilty of
transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels.
Milton.
2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant
humors. Bacon.
3. Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.]
Ayliffe.