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Word Meanings - SCALAWAG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A scamp; a scapegrace. Bartlett.

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  • COMMENDATOR
    One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
  • APPROVEDLY
    So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
  • COMMENDER
    One who commends or praises.
  • CASTAWAY
    1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. 2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.
  • SCAPEGRACE
    A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield.
  • COMMENDATARY
    One who holds a living in commendam.
  • APPROVEMENT
    a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now
  • VILLAINOUS
    1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch. 2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action. 3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine
  • APPROVE
    approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  • COMMENDATION
    A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
  • RUFFIANLIKE
    Ruffianly. Fulke.
  • SANCTIONARY
    Of, pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
  • RUFFIANISH
    Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.
  • COMMENDATORY
    1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer , a prayer read over the dying. "The
  • COMMENDABLE
    Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.
  • SANCTION
    sacred or inviolable, to fix unalternably: cf. F. sanction. See 1. Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of
  • COMMENDAM
    A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was some sense
  • VILLAINY
    1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer. "Lucre of vilanye." Chaucer. The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy. Shak. 2. Abusive, reproachful
  • MISCREANT
    1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. Spenser. De Quincey. Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God. Rivers. 2. One not restrained by Christian principles;
  • RUFFIANAGE
    Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians. "The vilest ruffianage." Sir F. Palgrave.
  • OUTVILLAIN
    To exceed in villainy.
  • DISAPPROVE
    1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
  • RECOMMENDATORY
    Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
  • RECOMMENDER
    One who recommends.
  • DISCOMMENDER
    One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
  • IN COMMENDAM
    See PARTNERSHIP

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