peccable

[ pek-uh-buhl ]

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adjective

liable to sin or error.

Origin of peccable

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”; see peccavi, -ble

Other words from peccable

pec·ca·bil·i·ty, noun

Words Nearby peccable

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How to use peccable in a sentence

I will readily confess that the logic is, if not impeccable, only mildly peccable.
Dear Liberals: Stop Complaining | Michael Tomasky | January 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
By acting on the advice of ‘evil and wicked councillors,’ it was declared that a peccable king had forfeited the throne.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects | Hugh Miller
A peccable monarch may forfeit his throne; an impeccable one can only abdicate it.
Leading Articles on Various Subjects | Hugh Miller
But peccable and rough though the members of this royal house may have been, very few of them were without the governing faculty.
The Liberation of Italy | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
He had hated Bassett for that; but it was not for the peccable Thatcher to point a mocking finger at Achilles's heel.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson

Or, to parody a line of Young, 'All men think all men peccable but themselves.'
Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern | Thomas Newbigging

British Dictionary definitions for peccable

peccable

/ (ˈpɛkəbəl) /

adjective

liable to sin; susceptible to temptation

Origin of peccable

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

Derived forms of peccable

peccability, noun

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