impiousadj.

Brit.

/ˈɪmpɪəs/,

/(ˌ)ɪmˈpʌɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈɪmpiəs/,

/ɪmˈpaɪəs/

Etymology: < Latin impius without reverence ( < im- , im- prefix² + pius) + -ous suffix: compare Old French impieux, -euse (15–16th cent. in Godefroy); modern French has impie (in Cotgrave 1611), < Latin impius.

1. Not pious; without piety or reverence for God and his ordinances; presumptuously irreligious, wicked, or profane:

a. of persons, or things personified.

ΚΠ

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 54 Impious Yorke and Bewford..Haue all lymde bushes to betraie thy wings.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 27 And who is so impious..as to eate thus that which he thinketh to be God?

a1704 T. Brown On Duke of Ormond's Recovery in Wks. (1707) I. i. 74 E'er Impious Ploughs to Wound the Earth began.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 305 The impious, whoever he may be, ought not to go unpunished.

1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) vii. 266 The Sunis recognise Abu-Bekr, Omar, and Othman..and regard the Shiahs as impious heretics.

b. of actions, sayings, and the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]

unrighteouseOE

hinderfulc1200

undevouta1300

unreligiousa1382

unkindc1390

unpiteous?c1400

indevout?1504

ungodly1526

godless1528

profane1568

ungodded1579

impious1585

unhalloweda1616

godforsaken?1623

devoteless1650

atheistic1677

undivine1686

Heaven-abandoned1720

indevotea1742

unctionless1842

indevotional1865

link1889

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xi. 173 If magistrates should commaund that which is impious..we haue our answere well warranted,..It is better to obey God than men.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 338 To touch their mouths or meat with fingers is held absurd and impious.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 813 Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne The just Decree of God..?

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 464 At Dagon's shrine I kindle impious flame.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 638/1 An impious disregard of all the processes of his education.

2. Wanting in natural reverence and dutifulness, esp. to parents. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] > to parents

unkindc1325

unchildly1612

impious1613

unfiliala1616

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective]

undutiful1595

dutilessa1603

impious1613

unduteousa1616

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 351 The Caspii shut up their parents..and there in respect of pietie (what more could the impious doe?) starve them to death.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) iv. at Tullia The impious daughter of Servius Tullius..drove her chariot over the body of her aged father.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impious
释义	impiousadj. Brit. /ˈɪmpɪəs/, /(ˌ)ɪmˈpʌɪəs/, U.S. /ˈɪmpiəs/, /ɪmˈpaɪəs/ Etymology: < Latin impius without reverence ( < im- , im- prefix² + pius) + -ous suffix: compare Old French impieux, -euse (15–16th cent. in Godefroy); modern French has impie (in Cotgrave 1611), < Latin impius. 1. Not pious; without piety or reverence for God and his ordinances; presumptuously irreligious, wicked, or profane: a. of persons, or things personified. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. iii. 54 Impious Yorke and Bewford..Haue all lymde bushes to betraie thy wings. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 27 And who is so impious..as to eate thus that which he thinketh to be God? a1704 T. Brown On Duke of Ormond's Recovery in Wks. (1707) I. i. 74 E'er Impious Ploughs to Wound the Earth began. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 305 The impious, whoever he may be, ought not to go unpunished. 1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) vii. 266 The Sunis recognise Abu-Bekr, Omar, and Othman..and regard the Shiahs as impious heretics. b. of actions, sayings, and the like. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective] unrighteouseOE hinderfulc1200 undevouta1300 unreligiousa1382 unkindc1390 unpiteous?c1400 indevout?1504 ungodly1526 godless1528 profane1568 ungodded1579 impious1585 unhalloweda1616 godforsaken?1623 devoteless1650 atheistic1677 undivine1686 Heaven-abandoned1720 indevotea1742 unctionless1842 indevotional1865 link1889 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xi. 173 If magistrates should commaund that which is impious..we haue our answere well warranted,..It is better to obey God than men. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 338 To touch their mouths or meat with fingers is held absurd and impious. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 813 Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne The just Decree of God..? View more context for this quotation 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 464 At Dagon's shrine I kindle impious flame. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 638/1 An impious disregard of all the processes of his education. 2. Wanting in natural reverence and dutifulness, esp. to parents. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] > to parents unkindc1325 unchildly1612 impious1613 unfiliala1616 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1595 dutilessa1603 impious1613 unduteousa1616 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 351 The Caspii shut up their parents..and there in respect of pietie (what more could the impious doe?) starve them to death. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) iv. at Tullia The impious daughter of Servius Tullius..drove her chariot over the body of her aged father. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1585
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