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sac⋅ri⋅le⋅gious
[sak-ruh-lij-uh
s, -lee-juhs] 
–adjective
| 1. | pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices. |
| 2. | guilty of sacrilege: a sacrilegious person. |
Related forms:
sac⋅ri⋅le⋅gious⋅ly, adverb
sac⋅ri⋅le⋅gious⋅ness, noun
Pronunciation note:
The almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as [sak-ruh-lij-uhs] is the result of folk etymology—modifying the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word so that it conforms to a more familiar one—in this case religious. Etymologically, sacrilegious has no direct relationship to religious. The historical pronunciation [sak-ruh-lee-juhs] occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared.
The almost universal pronunciation of sacrilegious as
[sak-ruh-lij-uhs] is the result of folk etymology—modifying the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word so that it conforms to a more familiar one—in this case religious. Etymologically, sacrilegious has no direct relationship to religious. The historical pronunciation [sak-ruh-lee-juhs] occurs in American English, though not in British English, and criticism of the newer pronunciation has almost disappeared.
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Link To sacrilegiously
| sac·ri·le·gious (sāk'rə-lĭj'əs, -lē'jəs) adj.
Usage Note: Sacrilegious, the adjective form of sacrilege, is often misspelled through confusion with religious. |
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