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impious

adj
/ˈɪmpi.əs/

Etymology

From Latin impius.

  1. derived from impius

Definitions

  1. Not pious.

    • […] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.

  2. Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.

    • […] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs.

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Derived

impiously, impiousness

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA