peccadillonoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpek.əˈdɪl.əʊ/us/ˌpek.əˈdɪl.oʊ/plural peccadillos or peccadilloesa small fault or mistake, or something that someone does wrong that is not very serious:
a youthful peccadillo
He dismissed what had happened as a mere peccadillo.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- irregularity
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
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