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Peccant vs Peccan - What's the difference?

peccant | peccan |

As nouns the difference between peccant and peccan

is that peccant is (obsolete) an offender while peccan is (tree).

As an adjective peccant

is (obsolete) unhealthy; causing disease.

peccant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) unhealthy; causing disease
  • * Francis Bacon
    • peccant humours
  • sinful
  • * Milton
    • peccant angels
  • wrong; defective; faulty
    • (Ayliffe)
  • * 1886 , , The Bostonians .
  • *:Olive rested her eyes for some moments upon Mrs. Luna, without speaking. Then she said: 'Your veil is not put on straight, Adeline.'

    'I look like a monster—that, evidently, is what you mean!' Adeline exclaimed, going to the mirror to rearrange the peccant tissue.

    • Related terms

    * impeccable * peccable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An offender.
    • (Whitlock)

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    peccan

    English

    Alternative forms

    * paccan * pecan

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tree).
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1841 , year_published=2001 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=George Catlin , title=The North American Indians , chapter=Letter No. 9 citation , genre=History , publisher=Digital Scanning Inc. , isbn=9781582182124 , page=68 , passage=—where the oak and the pine give way to the cotton-wood and peccan — }}
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1866 , year_published=2008 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Captain Flack , title=A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America , chapter=Bee Hunting citation , genre= , publisher=Applewood Books , isbn=9781429015530 , page=354 , passage=It's gone straight for that peccan tree, … }}
  • (nut).
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1835 , year_published=2007 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Charles Latrobe , title=Rambler in North America, Volume 2 , chapter=The Indian Mounds citation , genre= , publisher=Applewood Books , isbn=9781429001847 , page=239 , passage= … the spicewood, the pawpaws and peccan -nuts, ... }}