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peccadillo

[ pek-uh-dil-oh ]

noun

plural peccadilloes, peccadillos.
  1. a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.

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peccadillo

/ ËŒ±èÉ›°ìəˈ»åɪ±ôəʊ /

noun

  1. a petty sin or trifling fault
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peccadillo1

1585–95; < Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado sin < Latin ±è±ð³¦³¦Äå³Ù³Ü³¾ transgression, noun use of neuter of past participle of ±è±ð³¦³¦Äå°ù±ð to err, offend
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peccadillo1

C16: from Spanish pecadillo, from pecado sin, from Latin ±è±ð³¦³¦Äå³Ù³Ü³¾, from ±è±ð³¦³¦Äå°ù±ð to transgress
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Carvey laid into the appearance of the pseudo-Gaetz, telling him it "looks like your forehead is trying to go to heaven without you" before criticizing his "little sexual peccadilloes."

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He obviously wants the world to remember and think of him as strong and resolute, and basically a good guy despite his personal peccadilloes.

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“Those are personal peccadilloes that you may have,†Scorsese incorrectly guesses.

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But it’s also a clever riff on the family sitcom, as the establishment’s proprietor is the patriarch of a decidedly oddball family; most surprisingly, it treats that family with genuine affection, peccadilloes and all.

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But as the capital merry-go-round spun its peccadilloes, scandals and ballyhooed promises, his jaunty baritone restored order with bipartisan japes and irreverent songs to deflate the preening ego and the Big Idea.

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