Etymology

piaculative

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Today it means: Piacular; atoning for sin or crime. Full definition →

Latin piaculum
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  1. Latin · derived frompiaculum“propitiatory sacrifice”
  2. English todaypiaculative

Coined a. 1920 by T.S. Eliot, from Latin piaculum (“propitiatory sacrifice”) + -ative.

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