impious

/ˈɪmpi.əs/

ꞮMPI · əs (2 syllables)

English Adj
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Definition

Not pious.

Etymology

From Latin impius.

Example Sentences

  • "[…] I alvvayes thought / It vvas both impious and vnnaturall, / That ſuch immanity and bloody ſtrife / Should reigne among Profeſſors of one Faith."
  • "[…] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs."
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