Definitions

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  • adjective sinful

Etymologies

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From Latin peccō ("sin"), from Indo-European root *pik- (to be angry)

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Examples

  • Theatre, 46, 47, 48, 49 South King street, an invitation to supper at Wynn’s (Murphy’s) Hotel, 35, 36 and 37 Lower Abbey street, a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entituled

    Ulysses 2003

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