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impious

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpi.əs/ / /ɪmˈpaɪəs/

adj

Etymology: From Latin impius.

  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.