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Monday 11 April 2016

Word of the Day: Peccadillo

Word of the Day: Peccadillo
 
noun pek-uh-DIL-oh


Definition

: a slight offense

Examples

Mark's thank-you note to his hostess was sincere and touching; his only peccadillo was addressing her by her first name instead of "Mrs. Henderson."

"[Tanyanne] Ball seemed to have mastered the form of affable confrontation: as soon as she saw someone perpetrating a civic peccadillo, she would stride up and calmly, grinningly ask, 'Are you aware that you have just committed a violation?'" — Tobi Haslett, NewYorker.com, 10 Nov. 2015

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