scelestic

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adjective

evil; wicked; atrocious

OriginLatin scelestus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivescelestic (comparative more scelestic, superlative most scelestic)

comparative more scelestic · superlative most scelestic

  1. obsoleterareevil; wicked; atrocious

    scelestic villainies

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin

  1. Latinscelestus
  2. Englishscelestic

From Latin scelestus, from scelus (“wickedness”).

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APA

scelestic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scelestic

MLA

“scelestic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scelestic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scelestic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scelestic.

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