peccancy means A sin or moral transgression. It carries an Arena rating of 1529, earned across 83 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, peccancy ranks #3,346 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #4,180 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,524 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #5,450 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
peccancy is pronounced /ˈpɛkənsi/.
Why “peccancy” is a great word
PECCANCY — [Noun] A sin, moral transgression, or the state of being sinful or flawed. From the Late Latin peccantia, from Latin peccans ("sinning"), present participle of peccare ("to sin, to err"). Unlike "vice," which implies a hardened, habitual corruption, or "foible," which suggests a charming, minor flaw, peccancy names the unadorned fact of moral failure—the specific stain of wrongdoing and the general condition of being stained. It is the cold clarity of the lie told, the petty envy that curdles a thought, the deliberate turning away from a cry in the dark—the quiet, ineradicable proof of our fallen estate.
Etymology
From post-classical Latin peccantia, from Latin peccāns, present participle of peccō (“to sin”).
noun
- A sin or moral transgression.
- Sinfulness.
- A state of being flawed; faultiness.
- Unhealthiness.
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