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peccable
[ pek-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- liable to sin or error.
peccable
/ ˈpɛkəbəl /
adjective
- liable to sin; susceptible to temptation
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Derived Forms
- ˌpeccaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- pecca·bili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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By acting on the advice of ‘evil and wicked councillors,’ it was declared that a peccable king had forfeited the throne.
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A peccable monarch may forfeit his throne; an impeccable one can only abdicate it.
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But peccable and rough though the members of this royal house may have been, very few of them were without the governing faculty.
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He had hated Bassett for that; but it was not for the peccable Thatcher to point a mocking finger at Achilles's heel.
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Or, to parody a line of Young, 'All men think all men peccable but themselves.'
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