adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Sinful.

   "a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin."

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Example

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"a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus, from peccāmen (“sin”), from peccō (“to sin”).

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