irreverent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IRREV'ERENT, adjective 1. Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being. 2. Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as an irreverent thought, word or phrase. 3. Wanting in respect to superiors.
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