Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Word of the Day 2-08-2012

Picacular:
1. Expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
2. Requiring expiation; sinful or wicked.
 
Origin: Piacular  is derived from two Latin roots: pia , which is related to the word pious, and a variation of the suffix -cule  which denotes a diminutive nouns, like particle.

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