peccadillo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Spanish pecadillo, diminutive form of pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccatum (“sin, error, fault”), from peccō (“to sin, offend”).

"Eh, what! for peccadilloes To scold those little loves? — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
The courtiers of his Excellency wink at this little peccadillo. — Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846, James Richardson
Rain, exposure at dewfall on the searocks, a peccadillo at my time of life. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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