Pē c'eant, a.

a. [Lat. peccans, p. pr. of peccare, to sin; Fr. peccant, Sp. peccante, It. peccante.]

1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. “The truth that nature itself is a peccant state.” Coleridge.
2. Morbid; corrupt; not healthy; as, peccant humors. Arbuthnot.
3. Wrong; bad; defective; informal; as, a peccant citation. [Obs.] Ayliffe.