• n. 輕罪；小過失；小瑕疵

來自西班牙語pecado,罪過，罪惡，-illo,小詞后綴，來自拉丁語peccare,犯錯，錯誤，犯罪，可能來自pedica,腳，腳鏈，來自PIE*ped,腳，詞源同foot,biped,impeach.其原義可能為不慎跌倒，摔倒，后引申詞義犯錯，罪過，罪惡。

peccadillo (n.)

"slight sin," 1590s (earlier in corrupt form peccadilian, 1520s), from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado "a sin," from Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," noun use of neuter past participle of peccare "to miss, mistake, make a mistake, do amiss; transgress, offend, be licentious, sin," perhaps literally "to stumble," from PIE *ped-ko-, suffixed form of root *ped- (1) "foot" (see foot (n.)).

1. For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.

由于這次過失,他被降了級,又被打發(fā)去干徒步巡警了.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》