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< peccadillo

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pec·cant

nt) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Sinful; guilty.
Violating a rule or an accepted practice; erring.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin peccns, peccant- present participle of peccre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
peccan·cy(Noun), peccant·ly(Adverb)

Thesaurus: synonyms for peccant

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