peccadillo
noun/ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ/
/ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ/
(plural peccadilloes, peccadillos)
- a small unimportant thing that somebody does wrong
- The writer confessed to a few peccadilloes.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado ‘sin’, from Latin peccare ‘to sin’.Definitions on the go
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