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impeccable

[im-pek-uh-buhl] Origin

im·pec·ca·ble

[im-pek-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
2.
not liable to sin; incapable of sin.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin impeccābilis faultless, sinless. See im-2, peccable

im·pec·ca·bil·i·ty, noun
im·pec·ca·bly, adverb


1. unassailable, unexceptionable.

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impeccable (ɪmˈpɛkəbəl)
 
adj
1.  without flaw or error; faultless: an impeccable record
2.  rare incapable of sinning
 
[C16: from Late Latin impeccābilis sinless, from Latin im- (not) + peccāre to sin]
 
impecca'bility
 
n
 
im'peccably
 
adv

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impeccable
1531, "not capable of sin," from M.Fr. impeccable (15c.), from L. impeccabilis "not liable to sin," from in- "not" + pecare "to sin," of unknown origin.
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