different between peccable vs peccant

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pecc?bilis, from Latin pecc? (“I sin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.k?.b?l/

Adjective

peccable

1. Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
   • a. 1688, Ralph Cudworth, A Treatise of Freewill

     But to be mutable or changeable in way of diminution, lapsable or peccable, is an essential property of a rational imperfect being.

Related terms

• impeccable
• peccant

Further reading

• peccable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• peccable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• peccable at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Latin pecc?ns, peccantis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?k?nt/

Adjective

peccant (comparative more peccant, superlative most peccant)

1. (obsolete) Unhealthy; causing disease.
2. Sinful.
3. Wrong; defective; faulty.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ayliffe to this entry?)

   • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians.

     Olive rested her eyes for some moments upon Mrs. Luna, without speaking. Then she said: 'Your veil is not put on straight, Adeline.'
     'I look like a monster—that, evidently, is what you mean!' Adeline exclaimed, going to the mirror to rearrange the peccant tissue.

Related terms

• impeccable
• peccable

Noun

peccant (plural peccants)

1. (obsolete) An offender.
   • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

     Yet this conceitednesse and Itch of being taken for a Counsellour, maketh more Reprovers, than Peccants in the world.

Further reading

• peccant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• peccant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• peccant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

peccant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pecc?