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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pəˈkæmɪnəs/
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Adjective edit

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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