irreverentadj.

/ɪˈrɛvərənt/

Forms: Also Middle English inr-.

Etymology: < Latin in-, irreverēnt-em, < in- , ir- (ir- prefix²) + reverēns , -ēntem , present participle of reverērī to revere v. Compare French irrévérent (15th cent.). In Old French reverent represented Latin reverēndus ; hence, in English also, reverent and irreverent were originally used in the sense of reverend , irreverend , which were of later introduction: see reverent adj.

†1. = irreverend adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not worthy of reverence

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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxiiii^v To company w^t symple & inreuerent persones.

2. Not reverent; wanting in reverence or veneration; showing disrespect to a sacred or venerable person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective]

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1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs Ep. Ded. sig. A.v That no man shuld..loke in the Arke..wyth prophane and irreuerente eyes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 101 Th' irreverent Son Of him who built the Ark, who for the shame Don to his Father, heard this heavie curse, Servant of Servants, on his vitious Race.

1758 M. Akenside Hymn to Naiads in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems by Several Hands VI. 288 Of highest Jove, Irreverent.

1864 Dublin Univ. Mag. 64 612/1 ‘Parker is an old hunks,’ was the irreverent reply.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 314 The irreverent irony of Mephistopheles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	irreverent
释义	irreverentadj. /ɪˈrɛvərənt/ Forms: Also Middle English inr-. Etymology: < Latin in-, irreverēnt-em, < in- , ir- (ir- prefix²) + reverēns , -ēntem , present participle of reverērī to revere v. Compare French irrévérent (15th cent.). In Old French reverent represented Latin reverēndus ; hence, in English also, reverent and irreverent were originally used in the sense of reverend , irreverend , which were of later introduction: see reverent adj. †1. = irreverend adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not worthy of reverence aweless1440 irreverenta1513 unreverent1576 unreverend1581 unvenerablea1616 irreverend1748 unawful1799 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxiiii^v To company w^t symple & inreuerent persones. 2. Not reverent; wanting in reverence or veneration; showing disrespect to a sacred or venerable person or thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] unreverenta1425 aweless1440 irreverent1550 unreverendc1562 irreverend1576 unawful1627 irreverential1652 unreverential1793 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs Ep. Ded. sig. A.v That no man shuld..loke in the Arke..wyth prophane and irreuerente eyes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 101 Th' irreverent Son Of him who built the Ark, who for the shame Don to his Father, heard this heavie curse, Servant of Servants, on his vitious Race. View more context for this quotation 1758 M. Akenside Hymn to Naiads in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems by Several Hands VI. 288 Of highest Jove, Irreverent. 1864 Dublin Univ. Mag. 64 612/1 ‘Parker is an old hunks,’ was the irreverent reply. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 314 The irreverent irony of Mephistopheles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1513
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