‖ méchant, a.
(meʃɑ̃)
Also fem. méchante (meʃɑ̃t).
[Fr. See also meschant.]
Malicious, spiteful, wayward, worthless, wicked.
| 1813 Byron 26 Nov. in Moore Lett. & Jrnls. (1830) I. 453 She has much beauty,—just enough,—but is, I think, méchante. 1849 Thackeray Pendennis xlvi, Mr. Pendennis was wicked, méchant, perfectly abominable. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. ix. 145 That light, méchante voice that had mocked him from the mask. |