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The noun English invented so we never have to say 'the person who did it' twice.
means A person who breaks a rule or law, or who causes offense.
from From Latin offendere, 'to strike against' — a blend of ob- ('against') and fendere ('to strike, dash'), the same fendere that gives us 'defend' and 'fend off.' The word walked through Old French offendre into English, carrying its original sense of literally colliding with something before settling into its legal meaning of colliding with the rules.
- legal use
- Someone convicted, not just accused, of a crime
- repeat version
- Recidivist is the fancier, gloomier synonym
- soft overlap
- Also just means anything mildly annoying, like bad cologne