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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small sin or fault.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small flaw or sin.
  2. n. A petty offense.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime; a trifling fault.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a petty misdeed

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish pecadillo, diminutive form of pecado ("sin"), from Latin peccatum ("sin, error, fault"), from peccō ("I sin, offend"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, sin, and Italian peccadiglio, diminutive of peccato, sin, both from Latin peccātum, from neuter of peccātus, past participle of peccāre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • brtom "Rain, exposure at dewfall on the sea rocks, a peccadillo at my time of life." Joyce, Ulysses, 15 Jan 1, 2008

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