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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin peccaminōsus, from peccāmen (“sin”), from peccō (“to sin”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
peccaminous (comparative more peccaminous, superlative most peccaminous)
- Sinful
1918, James Joyce, Ulysses:a volume of peccaminous pornographical tendency entitled Sweets of Sin.
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