Peccant in a sentence as an adjective

– and, after this, Dr Moreau thought he discerned a peccant attom – and still, & still, M. Dubois demanded attom after attom. – My dearest Esther, not for days, not for Weeks, but for Months I could not speak of this terrible business without nearly again going through it!

Peccant definitions

adjective

liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott

See also: peccable