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2. simplicity, plainness, ordinariness, insignificance; rusticity, unrefinement, inurbanity, unsophistication, inelegance; boorishness, gaucherie, crudeness, coarseness, lowness, meanness; doltishness, awkwardness, clumsiness, tactlessness.
pebble, n. small stone, small rock, (collectively) gravel, pellet; jackstone.
peccable, adj. liable to sin, weak, frail, unstable, infirm; wayward, Obs. arrant, errant, prodigal, profligate, abandoned, immoral; peccant, reprobate, recreant, sinning, sinful, iniquitous, unvirtuous, unrighteous, ungodly, unholy, unsaintly; wanton, remiss, slack, lax, unmindful, negligent, reckless, heedless, careless.
peccadillo, n. petty offense, violation, infraction, breach, trespass, infringement; fault, Law. misdemeanor, Law. delict, Law. malfeasance, delinquency; petty sin, transgression, dereliction, misconduct, misdeed, wrongdoing, slip, lapse, shortcoming; false step, wrong step, misstep, stumble, trip, false move, bad move, wrong move; mistake, error, blunder, botch, bungle, Inf. slip-up, SI. boo-boo, SI. boner; faux pas, gaffe, social blunder, slip in conduct, mistake in conduct or etiquette or manners.
peccant, adj. 1. sinning, transgressing, transgres-sive, offending, peccable; criminal, lawless, reprehensible, objectionable, censurable, blameworthy, culpable, guilty, delinquent; bad, wicked, damned, sinful, iniquitous, nefarious, felonious; shameless, corrupt, reprobate, recreant, profligate, abandoned, immoral; wanton, dissolute, debauched, depraved, degenerate.
2. at fault, faulty, wrong, in error, erring, incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous; wayward, deviant, erratic, aberrant; inexpedient, inadvisable, unwise, injudicious, imprudent; unsuitable, unfit, unbefitting, unmeet, undue, improper, untoward, inappropriate, indiscreet; unbecoming, unseemly, indecorous.
peck', n. Usu.
peck of load, loads, bushel, bushels, ton, tons, barrel, barrels, bag, bags, acres, ocean, oceans, sea, world, worlds, galaxy; bunch, heap, heaps, pile, piles, stack, stacks, mountain, mountains, mass; army, legion, bevy, flock, host, array, multitude; whole lot, lot, lots, plenty, a great or good deal, quite a little, sight, as much as or more than one can handle or manage; whole slew, slew, mess, gob, gobs, oodle, oodles, SI. scad or scads, SI. boodle, SI. caboodle, Chiefly Brit, lashing or lashings; galore, Dial. aplenty; abundance, plenitude, bounty, cornucopia, endless supply, Scot. and North Eng. routh, Scot. scouth, a great or considerable quantity or amount or number, one thousand and one, scores; volume, quantity, quantities, fund, mine, store, mint, quite a few.
peck2, v. 1. tap, rap, dab, pat, stroke, kiss; strike, hit, knock, blow; poke, jab, dig.
2. indent, dent, dint, depress; prick, scratch, scrape, score, dot, mark, flaw; chip, notch, nick; puncture, poke a hole, pinprick, pit.
3. (of food) nibble, gnaw, take small bites, nosh; pick, pick at or over one's food, eat like a bird.
4. Usu.
peck at nag, pick, henpeck, pull to pieces, carp, criticize, harp, find fault with, Yiddish, kvetch; ride, harass, harry, heckle, hector, bullyrag, goad, egg, tease, bait, torment, torture, plague, persecute; pester, badger, hound, fret, vex, chafe, nettle, irritate, disturb, grate on, Inf. drive up the wall.
-n. 5. tap, rap, pat, kiss; stroke, hit, strike, knock, thump, blow; poke, jab, dig.
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