Word of the Day – peccadillo

Never heard of this word before:

peccadillo

NOUN:
pl. pec?ca?dil?loes or pec?ca?dil?los
A small sin or fault.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, sin,, and Italian peccadiglio, diminutive of peccato, sin both from Latin pecctum, from neuter of pecctus past participle of peccre, to sin; see ped- in Indo-European roots

There you go, you can’t say I never teach you anything.

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