PECCANT

PRONUNCIATION: (PEK-uhnt)

MEANING: adjective: 1. Sinful; 2. Violating a rule.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin peccare (to err). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ped- (foot) which gave us peccadillo (alluding to a stumble or fall), pedal, impeccable, podium, octopus, and impeach. Earliest documented use: 1595.
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PESCANT - fishy

PERCANT - coffee-like

PECTANT - 1. gelling; 2. chesty

PEE? CAN'T :-( - I have an enlarged prostate gland