THE FIRST WORD

impeccable

PRONUNCIATION:

(im-PEK-uh-buhl) 

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Faultless or blameless.
2. Incapable of sin or error.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin im- (not) Latin + peccare (to err or sin). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ped- (foot) which also gave us peccavi, peccadillo (alluding to a stumble or fall) pedal, podium, octopus, and impeach. Earliest documented use: 1531.