PIAC'ULOUS, adjective [Latin piacularis, from pio, to expiate.]
1. Expiatory; having power to atone.
2. Requiring expiation.
3. Criminal; atrociously bad.
[These words are little used.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.