peccamineux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus. By surface analysis, Latin peccāmen (“sin”) +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ka.mi.nø/ ~ /pe.ka.mi.nø/

Adjective

peccamineux (feminine peccamineuse, masculine plural peccamineux, feminine plural peccamineuses)

1. (religion) peccaminous, sinful

   Near-synonyms: coupable, répréhensible

Further reading

• “peccamineux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.