impious
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpi.əs/ / /ɪmˈpaɪəs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin impius.
- Not pious.
“[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith.”
- 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.”