impeccant

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Contrary to his impeccant habit, Average Jones bore the somewhat frazzled aspect of a man who has been up all night.

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  1. Doing no wrong; sinless; unerring. With a vengeance selecting, from all other classes, Poor dogs of some sort, and impeccant half-asses. Byrom, To G. Lloyd.

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  • Contrary to his impeccant habit, Average Jones bore the somewhat frazzled aspect of a man who has been up all night. —  Average Jones
  • A woman will imbrue her hands with blood, and a man will fling honor to the winds, and yet the twain regard each other as impeccant and impeccable. —  Hints for Lovers
 

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  1. = Spanish impecante, from Late Latin *impeccan(t-)s, *inpeccan(t-)s (in deriv. noun), from Latin in- privative + peccan(t-)s, sinning, sinful, present participle of peccare, sin: see peccant.
 

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