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peccable

[ pek-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. liable to sin or error.


peccable

/ ˈpɛkəbəl /

adjective

  1. liable to sin; susceptible to temptation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpeccaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • pecca·bili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccable1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Old French, from Medieval Latin peccābilis “capable of sin, susceptible to sin,” derived from the Latin verb peccāre “to go wrong, make a mistake”; peccavi, -ble
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccable1

C17: via French from Medieval Latin peccābilis, from Latin peccāre to sin
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Example Sentences

I will readily confess that the logic is, if not impeccable, only mildly peccable.

By acting on the advice of ‘evil and wicked councillors,’ it was declared that a peccable king had forfeited the throne.

A peccable monarch may forfeit his throne; an impeccable one can only abdicate it.

But peccable and rough though the members of this royal house may have been, very few of them were without the governing faculty.

He had hated Bassett for that; but it was not for the peccable Thatcher to point a mocking finger at Achilles's heel.

Or, to parody a line of Young, 'All men think all men peccable but themselves.'

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