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blasphemous

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blas⋅phe⋅mous

  [blas-fuh-muhs]
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–adjective
uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
Origin:
1525–35; < LL blasphēmus < Gk blásphēmos defaming, speaking evil, equiv. to blá(p)s(is) harm, evil (blab- harm + -sis -sis; cf. bláptein to harm) + -phēmos speaking, deriv. of phmē speech; see -ous

Related forms:
blas⋅phe⋅mous⋅ly, adverb
blas⋅phe⋅mous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
sacrilegious, impious, irreligious; apostate, iconoclastic.
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blas·phe·mous   (blās'fə-məs)   
adj.  Impiously irreverent.

[Middle English blasfemous, from Late Latin blasphēmus, from Greek blasphēmos, from blasphēmein, to blaspheme; see blaspheme.]
blas'phe·mous·ly adv., blas'phe·mous·ness n.
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