I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English mischaunt, from Middle French meschant, from Old French meschant, mescheant unlucky, miserable, from present participle of mescheoir to be unlucky, from mes- mis- + cheoir to happen, befall, fall — more at chute
obsolete : wicked , base
• meschantly adverb , obsolete
II. noun
( -s )
obsolete : scoundrel , wretch