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pec·ca·dil·lo  audio  (pk-dl) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. pec·ca·dil·loes or pec·ca·dil·los
A small sin or fault.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, sin,, and Italian peccadiglio, diminutive of peccato, sin both from Latin pecctum, from neuter of pecctus past participle of peccre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots


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