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peccable PEK-uh-buhl adjective a propensity to sin; likely to make mistakes; the capacity to do wrong 1892The Lesson of the MasterYet precisely this was part of the sentiment he himself had just expressed: he would make way completely for the poor peccable great man not because he didn't read him clear, but altogether because he did.1902The NabobDaudet thought Numa the 'least incomplete' of his works; it is certainly inclusive enough, since some critics are struck by the tragic relations subsisting between the virtuous discreet Northern wife and the peccable, expansive Southern husband, while others see in the latter the hero of a comedy of manners almost worthy of Moliere.2001Hotel HonoluluHow is our poor peccable friend?Labels: Alphonse Daudet, Henry James, Paul Theroux
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