peccable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɛkəbəl/ UK /ˈpekəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
liable to sin or to err

Even the saints, being peccable, confessed their failings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · liable to sin or to err fallible errant sinful corruptible

Opposites

impeccable faultless sinless

Word family

Derived forms peccability

Related forms peccantpeccadillopeccaviimpeccable

Etymology

From Latin peccare ('to sin, err') + -able. From peccare via Medieval Latin peccabilis.

peccabilis Latin peccare Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# peccable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɛkəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpekəbəl/

## Meanings
1. liable to sin or to err

## Examples
- Even the saints, being peccable, confessed their failings.

## Synonyms
- fallible
- errant
- sinful
- corruptible

## Antonyms
- impeccable
- faultless
- sinless

## Derived Forms
- peccability

## Related Forms
- peccant
- peccadillo
- peccavi
- impeccable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: peccabilis
- Root: peccare

## Etymology
From Latin peccare ('to sin, err') + -able. From peccare via Medieval Latin peccabilis.

## AI Etymology
Peccable is from Latin peccare ('to sin, err') + -able. From peccare via Medieval Latin peccabilis. Important recorded forms include peccabilis (Latin) and peccare (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers liable to sin or to err. The wider family includes derived forms such as peccability and related words such as peccant, peccadillo, peccavi, and impeccable.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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