English → Latin
“miscreant” in Latin
improbusexcessive, immoderate, flagrant, impudent; greedy, wanton, ravenous; wicked, bad, villainous, immoral, impious, maliciouscelerōto defile, contaminate, pollutecōnscelerōto stain or pollute with guilt; dishonorprōflīgōto strike or dash to the ground; to overthrow, overcome, conquer; to finish, conclude, resolve, put an end to
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
miscreant
homo malus, improbus; homo nequam (a worthless fellow). (The words are found in this connection and order.) homo nequam et improbus; homo scelestus, sceleratus, consceleratus (stained with crimes): homo perditus or profligatus (very corrupt): homo nefarius et impius (wicked): homo sine religione ulla ac fide (faithless, of no credit): a thorough miscreant, profligatissimus omnium mortalium ac perditissimus; homo omnium sceleratissimus: miscreant, scelus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for miscreant?
- The usual Latin words for “miscreant” are improbus, scelerō, cōnscelerō; also prōflīgō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.