Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PI-AC'U-LAR, or PI-AC'U-LOUS
PI-AC'U-LAR, or PI-AC'U-LOUS, a. [L. piacularis, from pio, to expiate.]
- Expiatory; having power to atone.
- Requiring expiation. – Brown.
- Criminal; atrociously bad. – Glanville. [These words are little used.]
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