Dictionary entry

SCOUNDREL

Webster's Dictionary 1828

SCOUN'DREL, noun [Latin abscondo.]

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low petty villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.

SCOUN'DREL, adjective Low; base; mean; unprincipled.