impious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɪmpi.əs/
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/ˈɪmpi.əs/ · /ɪmˈpaɪəs/

Definition of impious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
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adj

  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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Etymology

From Latin impius.

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