impiety (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French impieté "impiety, wickedness" (12c.) or directly from Latin impietatem (nominative impietas) "irreverence, ungodliness; disloyalty, treason," noun of quality from impius "irreverent" (see impious).

also from mid-14c.

Entries linking to impiety

impious (adj.)

1590s, "irreligious, lacking reverence for God," from Latin impius "without reverence, irreverent, wicked; undutiful, unpatriotic," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pius (see pious). Related: Impiously; impiousness.

Trends of impiety

adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.

More to Explore

piety

mid-14c., piete (late 12c. as a surname), "mercy, tenderness, pity" (senses now obsolete in this word but preserved in its doublet, pity), from Old French piete "piety, faith; pity, compassion" (12c.), from Latin pietatem (nominative pietas) "dutiful conduct, sense of duty; relig

irreligion

"lack of religion, contempt of religion, impiety," 1590s, from French irréligion (16c.) or directly from Late Latin irreligionem...(nominative irreligio) "irreligion, impiety," from assimiliated form of in- "not" (see in- (1)) + religio (see religion)...

profanity

Blasphemy is generally more direct, intentional, and defiant in its impiety, and is directed toward the most sacred things...

metaphysics

"the science of the inward and essential nature of things," 1560s, plural of Middle English metaphisik, methaphesik (late 14c.), "branch of speculation which deals with the first causes of things," from Medieval Latin metaphysica, neuter plural of Medieval Greek (ta) metaphysika,

clout

Old English clut "lump of something," also "patch of cloth put over a hole to mend it," from Proto-Germanic *klutaz (source also of Old Norse klute "kerchief," Danish klud "rag, tatter," Frisian klut "lump," Dutch kluit "clod, lump"); perhaps related to clot (v.). In later use "a

obliterate

"blot out, cause to disappear, remove all traces of, wipe out," c. 1600, from Latin obliteratus, past participle of obliterare "cause to disappear, blot out (a writing), erase, efface," figuratively "cause to be forgotten, blot out a remembrance," from ob "against" (see ob-) + li

equity

early 14c., equite, "quality of being equal or fair, impartiality;" late 14c., "that which is equally right or just to all concerned," from Old French equite (13c.), from Latin aequitatem (nominative aequitas) "the uniform relation of one thing to others, equality, conformity, sy

corny

1570s, "full of corn, pertaining to corn," from corn (n.1) + -y (2). Chaucer used it of ale (late 14c.), perhaps to mean "malty." American English slang "old-fashioned, sentimental" is from 1932 (first attested in "Melody Maker"), perhaps originally "something appealing to countr

communism

1843, "social system based on collective ownership," from French communisme (c. 1840), from commun (Old French comun "common, general, free, open, public;" see common (adj.)) + -isme (see -ism). Originally a theory of society. As the name of a political or economic theory w

divine

late 14c., "pertaining to, of the nature of, or proceeding from God or a god; addressed to God," from Old French divin, devin (12c.), from Latin divinus "of a god," from divus "of or belonging to a god, inspired, prophetic," related to deus "god, deity" (from PIE root *dyeu- "to

Share impiety

‘cite’

Page URL:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety

HTML Link:

<a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety">Etymology of impiety by etymonline</a>

APA style:

Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of impiety. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved $(datetime), from https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety

Chicago style:

Harper Douglas, “Etymology of impiety,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed $(datetime), https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety.

MLA style:

Harper, Douglas. “Etymology of impiety.” Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety. Accessed $(datetimeMla).

IEEE style:

D. Harper. “Etymology of impiety.” Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/impiety (accessed $(datetime)).

updated on September 28, 2017

Remove ads >

Trending words

1. teacher
2. autumn
3. empathy
4. philadelphia
5. research
6. vote
7. pan
8. deluge
9. humble
10. compassion

Dictionary entries near impiety

impervious

impetigo

impetuosity

impetuous

impetus

impiety

impinge

impingement

impious

impish

implacability