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peccant
adjective
old useuk /ˈpek.ənt/ us /ˈpek.ənt/
having done something wrong: 该受责备的；有过错的
The texts had been passed down in versions copied by peccant scribes, and almost all of them were incorrect.
causing disease:
Cold was believed to be dangerous because it "clogged the pores" and thus impeded healthy expulsion of "peccant humours".
They were determined to maintain the subordinate position of the peccant youths.
She went to the seaside to seek relief from her peccant chest.
The medicine stirs up the peccant fluids in the body, in order to encourage their discharge.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making mistakes
balls
balls (something) up
blunder
blunderingly
bodge
make a cock-up of something
making
misdiagnose
misdiagnosis
misdirect
misrecord
misremember
misrender
misstate
mistake
stumbling
stumblingly
to err is human (to forgive divine).idiom
trip (someone) up
uncorrectable
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