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impeccable

adjective/ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/

What It Means

Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors

Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate

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

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Impeccable in Context

“The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.”

— 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.

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From Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”).

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