peccadillo
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
peccadillo (plural peccadillos)
- A small flaw or sin.
- A petty offense.
- Synonyms: veniality
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 106):
- When he comes to the prayer, he sometimes does me the honor of personally recommending me to the Lord, advising him that I am a worthy man and begging him to condone my occasional peccadillos.
- French: peccadille
- Russian: грешо́к
- Spanish: pecadillo
- French: peccadille
- German: Kavaliersdelikt
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