Meanings
adjective
- Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
But to be mutable or changeable in way of diminution, lapsable or peccable, is an essential property of a rational imperfect being.
a. 1688, Ralph Cudworth, A Treatise of Freewill
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Origin
- Latinpeccō“to sin”
- Medieval Latinpeccābilis
- Englishpeccable
From Medieval Latin peccābilis, from Latin peccō (“to sin”).
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