peccaminous

English

Etymology

From Latin peccāmen (“sin”), from Latin peccō (“to sin”), from Proto-Indo-European root *pik- (“to be angry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəˈkæmɪnəs/
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Adjective

peccaminous (comparative more peccaminous, superlative most peccaminous)

  1. Sinful
    • 1918, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin.

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