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impeccable

[ im-pek-uh-buhl ]
/ ɪmˈpɛk ə bəl /
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adjective
faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
not liable to sin; incapable of sin.
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Origin of impeccable

First recorded in 1525–35, impeccable is from the Latin word impeccābilis “faultless, sinless”; see im-2, peccable

OTHER WORDS FROM impeccable

im·pec·ca·bil·i·ty [im-pek-uh-bil-i-tee], /ɪmˌpɛk əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nounim·pec·ca·bly, adverb
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Words related to impeccable

exquisite, immaculate, precise, unblemished, accurate, aces, apple-pie, clean, correct, errorless, exact, faultless, fleckless, incorrupt, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, note-perfect, on-target

How to use impeccable in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for impeccable

impeccable
/ (ɪmˈpɛkəbəl) /
adjective
without flaw or error; faultlessan impeccable record
rare incapable of sinning

Derived forms of impeccable

impeccability, nounimpeccably, adverb

Word Origin for impeccable

C16: from Late Latin impeccābilis sinless, from Latin im- (not) + peccāre to sin
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