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発音

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/

形容詞

impeccable (comparative more impeccable, superlative most impeccable)

1. Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors

   He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.

   • 1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “(please specify the essay name)”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co.:

     The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.

2. Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate

   It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:flawless

派生語

関連する語

• peccable
• peccant

Further reading

• “impeccable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impeccable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “impeccable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.