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单词 peccability
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peccabilityn.

Brit. /ˌpɛkəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpɛkəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peccable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < peccable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare post-classical Latin peccabilitas (c1343 in a British source).
Capacity to sin; liability to sin. Also, in weakened sense: the condition of being fallible, imperfect, or flawed.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness > liability to sin or err
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peccancy1656
lapsability1661
a1631 J. Donne Two Serm. before Charles in Six Serm. (1634) 35 For the peccabilitie, that possibilitie of sinning, which is in the nature of the angels of heaven, would break out into sinne, but for that confirmation.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 889 Peccability, arises from the Necessity of Imperfect Freewilled Beings, left to themselves.
1721 J. Clarke Enq. Cause & Orig. Moral Evil 44 Finite intelligent Beings necessarily suppose Peccability.
1785 J. Murray Origin of Evil 39 The inconsistency of putting them under law; as that ever supposes the peccability of the subject.
1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 98 (note) Our imperfection and peccability.
1888 W. D. Howells in J. W. Simpson Editor's Study (1983) 127 We were..wrong in our facts... We must send the reader to the little book for the damning evidences of our peccability in full.
1920 V. W. Brooks Ordeal of Mark Twain vii. 159 The red rag this time was the grammatical peccability of Matthew Arnold.
1990 Hist. Jrnl. 33 994 Men were so infected by sinfulness that even the best education possible could only ameliorate and never conquer their peccability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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