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109 ([personal profile] 109) wrote2005-01-10 02:32 pm

учим английского (?) языка: peccadillo

pec·ca·dil·lo   Audio pronunciation of "peccadilloes"
( P )  Pronunciation Key  (pk-dl)

n. pl. pec·ca·dil·loes or pec·ca·dil·los


A small sin or fault.





[Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, sin,, and
Italian peccadiglio, diminutive of peccato, sin both
from Latin pecctum, from neuter of pecctus past participle of peccre, to sin. See ped- in
Indo-European Roots.]