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culprit
What does culprit mean?
culprit (noun): someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use culprit in a sentence?
How do you pronounce culprit?
/ˈkʌlpɹɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does culprit come from?
From Anglo-Norman cul. prit, contraction of culpable: prest (d'averrer nostre bille) 'guilty: ready (to prove our case)', words used by prosecutor in opening a trial, mistaken in English for an address to the defendant.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of culprit?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “culprit”?
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What does “culprit” mean?
any admirable quality or attribute
Not quite: that's what merit means.
someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Right! That's what “culprit” means.
complete and wholehearted fidelity
Not quite: that's what dedication means.
special importance or significance
Not quite: that's what emphasis means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “culprit”?
perpetrator
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observation
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instruction
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exploration
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