sacrilegious

English

Etymology

Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/
(US) IPA^(key): /sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/, /sæk.ɹəˈliːdʒəs/
Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs, Rhymes: -iːdʒəs

Adjective

sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious)

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

Related terms

sacrilege

Translations

committing sacrilege

Asturian: sacrílegu
Catalan: sacríleg
French: sacrilège (fr)
Galician: sacrílego
German: gotteslästerlich (de)
Hungarian: szentségtörő (hu)
Italian: sacrilego

Latin: sacrilegus
Occitan: sacrilèg
Portuguese: sacrílego (pt)
Russian: святота́тственный (ru) (svjatotátstvennyj), богоху́льный (ru) (bogoxúlʹnyj), богоху́льственный (ru) (bogoxúlʹstvennyj), кощу́нственный (ru) (koščúnstvennyj)
Spanish: sacrílego (es)
Swedish: vanhelgande

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