Usually means: Minor sin or personal fault.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. peccadillo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peccadillo: Merriam-Webster
  3. peccadillo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peccadillo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peccadillo: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peccadillo: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peccadillo, peccadillo: Wordnik
  8. peccadillo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. peccadillo: Wiktionary
  10. peccadillo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. peccadillo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. peccadillo: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Peccadillo, peccadillo: Dictionary.com
  14. peccadillo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Peccadillo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Peccadillo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. peccadillo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. peccadillo: Rhymezone
  19. Peccadillo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. peccadillo: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. peccadillo: FreeDictionary.org
  22. peccadillo: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. peccadillo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Peccadillo: The Word Detective
  25. peccadillo: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. peccadillo: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. peccadillo: A Word A Day
  2. peccadillo: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A small flaw or sin.
▸ noun:  A petty offense.

Similar:
indiscretion, peccancy, blemish, flaw, fault, slip-up, imperfect, miss, gaff, infraction, more...

Adjectives:
mere, little, minor, trifling, sexual, youthful, moral, single, slightest, small, manly


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Similar:
indiscretion, peccancy, blemish, flaw, fault, slip-up, imperfect, miss, gaff, infraction, more...

Adjectives:
mere, little, minor, trifling, sexual, youthful, moral, single, slightest, small, manly



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