peccable

[ pek-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. liable to sin or error.

peccable

/ ˈpɛkəbəl /

adjective

1. liable to sin; susceptible to temptation

Derived Forms

• ˌpeccaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• pecca·bili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of peccable¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Old French, from Medieval Latin peccābilis “capable of sin, susceptible to sin,” derived from the Latin verb peccāre “to go wrong, make a mistake”; peccavi, -ble

Word History and Origins

Origin of peccable¹

C17: via French from Medieval Latin peccābilis, from Latin peccāre to sin

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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