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More about peccable

Peccable comes from Old French from the Medieval Latin adjective 辫别肠肠腻产颈濒颈蝉 鈥渃apable of sin, susceptible to sin,鈥� formed from the Latin verb 辫别肠肠腻谤别 鈥渢o go wrong, make a mistake, act incorrectly, commit a moral or sexual offense.鈥� Peccable was formed on the model of impeccable, which dates from the first half of the 16th century.聽Peccable entered English in the early 1600s.

More about eye-minded

Eye-minded 鈥渢ending to perceive one’s environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds or smells鈥� was originally and still is a term used in psychology. Eye-minded has a companion term ear-minded dating from the same year (1888). A third related term motor-minded 鈥渢ending to perceive one’s environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity鈥� dates to the end of the 19th century.

More about donnish

The adjective donnish 鈥渂ookish, pedantic鈥� is a derivative of the Oxbridge term don 鈥渁 head, fellow, or tutor of a college.鈥� The English noun comes from the Spanish title of respect Don prefixed to a man鈥檚 name, as Don Quixote. Spanish don, Portuguese dom ultimately come from Late Latin domnus, a shortening of Latin dominus 鈥渓ord, master.鈥� Domnus is also the source of Italian Donno, usually reduced to Don, a title of respect for a man, such as Don Corleone.

Latin domina 鈥渕istress (of a household), lady (of the imperial family)鈥� is the feminine of dominus, and the source of French and English dame, Spanish 诲辞帽补, Portuguese dona, and Italian donna 鈥渨oman, lady of the house鈥� and Madonna, literally 鈥渕y lady,鈥� not only a title of the Virgin Mary, but also a respectful form of address equivalent to French madame. In medieval Florence Madonna was shortened to Mona 鈥淢a鈥檃m,鈥� an informal but respectful title for a married woman, such as Mona Lisa. In the Neapolitan dialect (and other southern Italian dialects), intervocalic d becomes r, Madonna thereby becoming Maronna, the final a falling away, leaving the interjection 惭补谤辞苍苍鈥�, a cry of exasperation. Donna has become a female given name in some parts of the United States with large Italian American populations. 顿辞苍苍颈蝉丑听entered English in the early 19th century.