peccable

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peccable liable to sin. XVII. — F. — medL. peccābilis, f. peccāre sin; see -ABLE.
So peccadillo XVI. — Sp. pecadillo, dim. of pecado — L. peccātum, sb. use of n. pp. of peccāre. So peccant sinning; (med., after (O)F.) morbid. XVII. — L. peccāns, -ant-, prp. of peccāre. peccavi XVI. — L., ‘I have sinned’, 1st sg. pt. of peccāre.