scelestic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

scelestic (comparative more scelestic, superlative most scelestic)

1. (obsolete, rare) evil; wicked; atrocious
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     scelestic villainies

References

• “scelestic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.