单词 | unpeccable |
释义 | unpeccableadj. Now rare. Incapable of sinning; not liable to sin. In later use also: faultless, impeccable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > sinless > that cannot sin impeccable1531 unsinnable1570 unpeccable1635 1635 J. Sibbald Holinesse to Lord in Funerals P. Forbes 111 No creature by nature can bee vnpeccable, or free of possibilitie of sinning. 1671 G. Keith Universall Free Grace of Gospell 123 For as much as an unpeccable state is attainable we may pray for it. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 333 Still, though never sinning, he was not yet unpeccable. 1914 World's Work Sept. 76 He appeared everything that an Italian should be, polished and suave, unpeccable in taste, original and brilliant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1635 |
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