Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PEC'CA-BLE
IM-PEC-CA-BIL'I-TY, or IM-PEC'CAN-CYIM-PEDE'
IM-PEC'CA-BLE, a. [Sp. impecable; Fr, impeccable; in and Sp. pecable, Fr. peccable, from L. pecco, to err, to sin.]
Not liable to sin; not subject to sin; exempt from the possibility of sinning. No mere man is impeccable.
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