sacrilegious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /sæk.ɹəˈlid͡ʒəs/ (General-American)
- /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).
Meanings
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Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 26:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more sacrilegious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sacrilegious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sacrilegiously · sacrilicious · unsacrilegious · sacrilegiousness
Relateds
Translations (23)
eo malpia (committing sacrilege) · ru богоху́льный (committing sacrilege) · ru богоху́льственный (committing sacrilege) · it sacrilego (committing sacrilege) · bg кощунствен (committing sacrilege) · oc sacrilèg (committing sacrilege) · fr sacrilège (committing sacrilege) · pl świętokradzki (committing sacrilege) · hu szentségtörő (committing sacrilege) · pl bluźnierczy (committing sacrilege) · pt sacrílego (committing sacrilege) · de gotteslästerlich (committing sacrilege) · sv vanhelgande (committing sacrilege) · la sacrilegus (committing sacrilege) · ca sacríleg (committing sacrilege) · es sacrílego (committing sacrilege) · ro sacrileg (committing sacrilege) · ast sacrílegu (committing sacrilege) · gl sacrílego (committing sacrilege) · pl świętokradczy (committing sacrilege) · ru кощу́нственный (committing sacrilege) · ru святота́тственный (committing sacrilege) · bg светотатствен (committing sacrilege)