On Mar 18, 2013, at 4:26 PM, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: > [...] am convinced that peccadille is the French for the Spanish piccadillo, > which means, in French, a small sin, > http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionnaires/francais/peccadille/58870 and > http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/francais-anglais/peccadille At > least, that's what it means now.
Means the same thing in English, too: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peccadillo Indeed, that was the first interpretation I thought of, not the Piccadilly Circus at all. But, once the Piccadilly Circus connection was pointed out, I wondered just what sort of "monkey business" (if not, necessarily, a full circus) had been going on there, in 16th and early 17th century... :) Nothing, it appears; there was no Piccadilly Circus till (early) 19th century... -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
