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单词 peccadilian
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peccadiliann.

Forms: 1500s pecadulian, 1500s peccadilian, 1500s peccadulian, 1500s peccaduliun, 1500s peccadulyan.
Origin: Probably either (i) a borrowing from Italian, , combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Spanish, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian peccadiglio ; Spanish pecadillo , -an suffix.
Etymology: Probably < Italian peccadiglio and its etymon Spanish pecadillo (although both of these are apparently first attested later: see peccadillo n.) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare later peccadillo n.
Obsolete.
= peccadillo n.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > venial
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peccadilian1529
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society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence > slight
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1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xixv He calleth them all small enormytees, & as a man wold say lytle prety peccadulyans.
?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. e2v For there ys no soule..that suffreth in purgatorye for greate crimes and mortall synnes. But onlye for lytle preatye peccadulyans.
1569 T. Watson in R. Crowley Sophistrie T. Watson ii. 144 Such as the Italians call Peccadulians, little pretie sinnes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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