PIACULAR

Etymology

Adjective

piacular (comparative more piacular, superlative most piacular)

Requiring atonement or reparation; wicked or sinful.

Expiatory.

Anagrams

• apicular

Source: Wiktionary


Pi*ac"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.]

1. Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. "Piacular pollution." De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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