impeccable

impeccable
Synonyms and related words:
absolute, accurate, beyond all praise, blameless, chaste, clean, correct, defectless, destitute, errorless, exact, exquisite, faultless, flawless, ideal, immaculate, impecunious, impoverished, indefectible, indefective, indigent, infallible, irreproachable, just right, necessitous, needy, nice, peerless, penurious, perfect, poverty-stricken, precise, proper, pure, right, sinless, spotless, stainless, taintless, unadulterated, unblemished, uncontaminated, undefiled, unerring, unfaultable, unflawed, unimpeachable, unmixed, unprosperous, unsoiled, unspotted, unsullied, untainted, white

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  • impeccable — [ ɛ̃pekabl ] adj. • 1479; lat. ecclés. impeccabilis; rad. peccare → pécher 1 ♦ Relig. Incapable de pécher. ♢ Littér. Incapable de faillir, de commettre une erreur. ⇒ infaillible, parfait. « Poète impeccable » (Baudelaire). 2 ♦ (1856) Sans défaut …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • impeccable — impeccable, faultless, flawless, errorless are comparable when they mean absolutely correct and beyond criticism. Impeccable usually applies to something with which no fault can be found or which is irreproachably correct {the only impeccable… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • impeccable — Impeccable. adj. de tout genre. Incapable de pecher. Il n y a que Dieu qui soit impeccable par nature. la Vierge estoit impeccable par grace. il n y a point d homme impeccable. Il signifie aussi, Incapable de faillir. J ay pû manquer, je ne suis… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Impeccable — Im*pec ca*ble, a. [L. impeccabilis; pref. im not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable.] Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impeccable — (adj.) 1530s, not capable of sin, from M.Fr. impeccable (15c.) or directly from L.L. impeccabilis not liable to sin, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + pecare to sin, of unknown origin. Meaning faultless is from …   Etymology dictionary

  • impeccable — index absolute (ideal), best, blameless, clean, honest, incorruptible, inculpable, irreprehensible …   Law dictionary

  • impeccable — [adj] above suspicion; flawless accurate, aces, A okay*, apple pie*, clean, correct, errorless, exact, exquisite, faultless, fleckless, immaculate, incorrupt, infallible, innocent, irreproachable, nice, note perfect, on target*, perfect, precise …   New thesaurus

  • impeccable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in accordance with the highest standards; faultless. DERIVATIVES impeccability noun impeccably adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «not liable to sin»: from Latin impeccabilis, from peccare to sin …   English terms dictionary

  • impeccable — [im pek′ə bəl] adj. [L impeccabilis < in , not + peccare, to sin] 1. not liable to sin, incapable of wrongdoing 2. without defect or error; faultless; flawless impeccability n. impeccably adv …   English World dictionary

  • IMPECCABLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Théologie Qui est incapable de pécher. Il n’y a que Dieu qui soit impeccable par nature. La Vierge n’a pu être impeccable que par grâce. Il n’y a point d’homme impeccable. Il signifie aussi, dans le langage ordinaire,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • IMPECCABLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Théologie. Incapable de pécher. Il n y a que Dieu qui soit impeccable par nature. La Vierge n a pu être impeccable que par grâce. Il n y a point d homme impeccable.   Il signifie aussi, dans le langage ordinaire,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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