peccable

1. 1.

   liable to sin

   “a frail and peccable mortal”

   Synonymspeccant

   Similarwicked

Questions about peccable

What does peccable mean?

peccable means "liable to sin".

How many syllables are in peccable?

peccable has 3 syllables: pec-ca-ble. The stress falls on "pec".

What is another word for peccable?

Close synonyms include peccant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peccable a common word?

peccable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.