peccaminous

English

Etymology

From Latin peccāmen (“sin”), from Latin peccō (“to sin”), from Proto-Indo-European root *pik- (“to be angry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈkæmɪnəs/

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Adjective

peccaminous (comparative more peccaminous, superlative most peccaminous)

1. Sinful
   • 1918, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin.

Translations

sinful

• Catalan: pecaminós (ca)
• Italian: peccaminoso (it)
• Portuguese: pecaminoso (pt)
• Spanish: pecaminoso