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scoundrel

scound·rel

UK/ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/ US/ˈskaʊndrʌl/ fairly common

noun

1.

a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

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From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).

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