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noun
1.
the quality of being irreverent; lack of reverence or respect.
2.
an irreverent act or statement.
3.
the condition of not being reverenced, venerated, respected, etc.
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Irreverence
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- Forgive the mild irreverence and the blatant theft of an old joke.
- He, however, became famous for zaniness and a comic irreverence that sometimes extended even to his sponsors.
- But, maybe that's my sense of irreverence coming to the surface.
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Word Origin & History
irreverence
mid-14c., from L. irreverentia "want of reverence," from irreverens "disrespectful, irreverent," from in- "not" + reverens, prp. of revereri "to stand in awe of" (see revere).
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