Peccadillo
[,pekə'dɪləʊ]
Definition
(n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.
Checker: Phyllis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Petty fault, slight offence.
Checker: Wayne
Definition
n. a little or trifling sin: a petty fault:—pl. Peccadil′los Peccadil′loes.
Typed by Dominic
Examples
- You have a good heart, I know, ma'am, and we females ought naturally to assist each other in all our little peccadillos, remarked my companion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You have too good a right to a free pardon, to render you very scrupulous about peccadilloes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I'm not interested in your peccadilloes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Roy