Peccadillo Definition

pĕkə-dĭlō
peccadilloes, peccadillos
noun
peccadilloes, peccadillos
A minor or petty sin or fault.
Webster's New World

A small flaw or sin.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Peccadillo

Noun

Singular:
peccadillo
Plural:
peccadilloes, peccadillos

Origin of Peccadillo

  • Spanish pecadillo diminutive of pecado sin, Italian peccadiglio diminutive of peccato sin both from Latin peccātum from neuter of peccātus past participle of peccāre to sin ped- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish pecadillo, diminutive form of pecado (“sin"), from Latin peccatum (“sin, error, fault"), from peccō (“I sin, offend").

    From Wiktionary

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