impeccable
/ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/ adjective
- adjective Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors “He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.”
- adjective Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate “It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.”
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Etymology
From Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.
- adjective One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness.
Etymology [L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “impeccable”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details