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peccadillo

[ pek-uh-dil-oh ]

noun

, plural pec·ca·dil·loes, pec·ca·dil·los.
  1. a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.

    Synonyms: indiscretion, faux pas, slip, lapse



peccadillo

/ ˌpɛkəˈdɪləʊ /

noun

  1. a petty sin or trifling fault
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccadillo1

1585–95; < Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado sin < Latin peccātum transgression, noun use of neuter of past participle of peccāre to err, offend
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Word History and Origins

Origin of peccadillo1

C16: from Spanish pecadillo, from pecado sin, from Latin peccātum, from peccāre to transgress
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Example Sentences

He obviously wants the world to remember and think of him as strong and resolute, and basically a good guy despite his personal peccadilloes.

From Salon

“Those are personal peccadilloes that you may have,” Scorsese incorrectly guesses.

But it’s also a clever riff on the family sitcom, as the establishment’s proprietor is the patriarch of a decidedly oddball family; most surprisingly, it treats that family with genuine affection, peccadilloes and all.

But as the capital merry-go-round spun its peccadilloes, scandals and ballyhooed promises, his jaunty baritone restored order with bipartisan japes and irreverent songs to deflate the preening ego and the Big Idea.

Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.”

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