peccaminous

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus, from peccāmen (“sin”), from peccō (“to sin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈkæmɪnəs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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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