MISCREANT

n : A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology’s noblest contribution to the development of our language. MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having le dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society. By misdemeanors he e ayed to climb Into the aristocracy of crime. O, woe was him!—with manner chill and grand “Captains of industry” refused his hand, “Kings of finance” denied him recognition And “railway magnates” jeered his low condition. He robbed a bank to make himself respected. They still rebuffed him, for he was detected. S. V. Hanipur. 223