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pecchable (1120-40)
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pecchable (1120-40)

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pecable,  peccable,  pechable  
  FEW:  peccare 8,100a Gdf:  pechable 1 6,56a GdfC: ∅ TL: pechable 7,525 DEAF:  pechier (pechable)  DMF:  péchable  TLF: ∅ OED:  peccable a.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  peccabilis 2158b

a.

theol.sinful, inclined to sin: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Quant fel (=wicked person) plus griefment est pecable Tant se fait il plus despisable  Salemon 10583

s.

alas pecchable!, dolent pecchable!
exclam.wretched sinner!: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Alas pecables, cum par fui avoglet!  S Alexis1 394
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Allas! Pechable! Que f[e]rai?  Adam2 323
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Dolent, peccable, qui m'ad eschaldé?  Ch Guill 2873

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See also:

peccatrice  pecché1  pecchement  peccheor  peccher1  pecchere1  peccheresce  peccheriz  peccherous  peccherousement 
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