impiety, impiousness
(noun) unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impiety (usually uncountable, plural impieties)
(uncountable) The state of being impious.
(countable) An impious act.
(uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
• (state of being impious): ungodliness, afgodness
• (impious behavior): ungodliness, afgodness
• (lack of respect): disrespect, disregard (more general)
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pi"e*ty, n.; pl. Impieties (. Etym: [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. See Impious, Piety.]
1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of wickednes. Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.
Syn.
– Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
