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.]

  1. Expiatory; having power to atone.
  2. Requiring expiation. – Brown.
  3. Criminal; atrociously bad. – Glanville. [These words are little used.]

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