Synonyms for peccadilloes

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pek-uh-dil-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛk əˈdɪl oʊ

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Définition of peccadilloes

Origin : "slight sin," 1590s (earlier in corrupt form peccadilian, 1520s), from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado "a sin," from Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," noun use of neuter past participle of peccare "to miss, mistake, make a mistake, do amiss; transgress, offend, be licentious, sin," perhaps literally "to stumble," from a PIE verbal root *ped- "to walk, stumble, fall," related to the root of foot (n.).

noun small fault

Example sentences :

All little failings, peccadilloes, and asperities are strictly fined.
Extract from : « Dolly Reforming Herself » by Henry Arthur Jones

At this point I recalled all the peccadilloes which most troubled my conscience.
Extract from : « Youth » by Leo Tolstoy

But you cannot saddle him, in the flesh or out of it, with your peccadilloes.
Extract from : « The Firebrand » by S. R. Crockett

I began to be sorry for this man, in spite of his peccadilloes.
Extract from : « Dolly Dialogues » by Anthony Hope

My sins were all peccadilloes; I always respected my neighbor's property—my neighbor's wife.
Extract from : « The Europeans » by Henry James

For who is it that is not interested in hearing the peccadilloes of his neighbor aired?
Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser

The other sins of the decalogue he had come by habit to regard as peccadilloes.
Extract from : « Miles Wallingford » by James Fenimore Cooper

What does he think of Propertius's peccadilloes, by the way?
Extract from : « Roads from Rome » by Anne C. E. Allinson

Have I not watched her hiding the boys' peccadilloes from papa's anger?
Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray

My merchandise revived the memory of peccadilloes that had been long forgotten, and sentences that were forgiven.
Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer

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