piacular

Meaning

  1. Requiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad.
  2. Expiatory; serving to atone.

Etymology

Early 17th century, from French piaculaire, from Latin piacularis, derived from piaculum, from piō (“I appease, purify, expiate”) +-culum (instrumental suffix).

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