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HOME | Definition of peccadillo (PECCADILLO, Peccadillo)


    Peccadillo \Pec`ca*dil"lo\, n.; pl. Peccadillos. [Sp.
    pecadillo, dim. of pecado a sin, fr. L. peccatum. See
    Peccant.]
    A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime; a trifling
    fault. --Sir W. Scott.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    peccadillo
    n : a petty misdeed [syn: indiscretion]
    [also: peccadilloes (pl)]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    59 Moby Thesaurus words for "peccadillo":
    atrocity, blunder, botch, breach, crime, crime against humanity,
    deadly sin, delinquency, dereliction, enormity, error, evil,
    failure, fault, faux pas, felony, gaffe, genocide, goof,
    guilty act, heavy sin, impropriety, indiscretion, inexpiable sin,
    infraction, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, malefaction,
    malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance,
    misstep, mistake, mortal sin, nonfeasance, offense, omission,
    outrage, peccancy, shortcoming, sin, sin of commission,
    sin of omission, sinful act, slip, stumble, tort, transgression,
    trespass, trip, unutterable sin, venial sin, violation, wrong

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


indiscretion, peccadilloes (pl)


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