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pious
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- zbožný |
pious
(encz) | pious,pobožný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pious
(encz) | pious,zbožný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pious
(gcide) | Pious \Pi"ous\, a. [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential;
dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts."
--Milton. "Pious poetry." --Johnson.
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Where was the martial brother's pious care? --Pope.
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2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by
mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
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Syn: Godly; devout; religious; righteous.
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pious
(wn) | pious
adj 1: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity;
"pious readings" [ant: impious] |
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copious
(encz) | copious,hojný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
copiously
(encz) | copiously,hojně adv: Zdeněk Brožcopiously,vydatně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
copiousness
(encz) | copiousness,bohatost n: Zdeněk Brožcopiousness,hojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
impious
(encz) | impious,bezbožný adj: Zdeněk Brožimpious,hříšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impiously
(encz) | impiously, |
impiousness
(encz) | impiousness, |
pious platitude
(encz) | pious platitude, n: |
piously
(encz) | piously,zbožně adv: Jaroslav Šedivý |
piousness
(encz) | piousness,pobožnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Copious
(gcide) | Copious \Co"pi*ous\, a. [L. copiosus, fr. copia abundance: cf.
F. copieux. See Copy, Opulent.]
Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
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Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. --Thomson.
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Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name
Shall be the copious matter of my song. --Milton.
Syn: Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full;
exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample.
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Copiously
(gcide) | Copiously \Co"pi*ous*ly\, adv.
In a copious manner.
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Copiousness
(gcide) | Copiousness \Co"pi*ous*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty;
also, diffuseness in style.
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To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. --Dryden.
Syn: Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.
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Impious
(gcide) | Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou.
See Pious.]
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly;
profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an
impious deed; impious language.
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are
positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an
impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the
strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of
secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. --
Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
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Impiously
(gcide) | Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou.
See Pious.]
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly;
profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an
impious deed; impious language.
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are
positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an
impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the
strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of
secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. --
Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
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Impiousness
(gcide) | Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou.
See Pious.]
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly;
profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an
impious deed; impious language.
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When vice prevails, and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are
positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an
impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the
strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of
secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. --
Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
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Pious
(gcide) | Pious \Pi"ous\, a. [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential;
dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts."
--Milton. "Pious poetry." --Johnson.
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Where was the martial brother's pious care? --Pope.
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2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by
mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
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Syn: Godly; devout; religious; righteous.
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Pious fraud
(gcide) | Fraud \Fraud\ (fr[add]d), n. [F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis;
prob. akin to Skr. dh[=u]rv to injure, dhv[.r] to cause to
fall, and E. dull.]
1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an
unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right
or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem;
deceit; trick.
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If success a lover's toil attends,
Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
--Pope.
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2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose
of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
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3. A trap or snare. [Obs.]
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To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud. --Milton.
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Constructive fraud (Law), an act, statement, or omission
which operates as a fraud, although perhaps not intended
to be such. --Mozley & W.
Pious fraud (Ch. Hist.), a fraud contrived and executed to
benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the
theory that the end justified the means.
Statute of frauds (Law), an English statute (1676), the
principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of
all the States of this country, by which writing with
specific solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is
required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of
property. --Wharton.
Syn: Deception; deceit; guile; craft; wile; sham; strife;
circumvention; stratagem; trick; imposition; cheat. See
Deception.
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Piously
(gcide) | Piously \Pi"ous*ly\, adv.
In a pious manner.
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copious
(wn) | copious
adj 1: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);
"she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous
legislation" [syn: copious, voluminous]
2: affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party";
"copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape
harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious,
plenteous, plentiful, rich] |
copiously
(wn) | copiously
adv 1: in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied
with food"; "he thanked her profusely" [syn:
abundantly, copiously, profusely, extravagantly] |
copiousness
(wn) | copiousness
n 1: the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;
"an age of abundance" [syn: abundance, copiousness,
teemingness] [ant: scarceness, scarcity] |
impious
(wn) | impious
adj 1: lacking piety or reverence for a god [ant: pious]
2: lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's
parents"; "an undutiful son" [syn: impious, undutiful] |
impiously
(wn) | impiously
adv 1: in an impious manner; "the young members challenged their
leader impiously" |
impiousness
(wn) | impiousness
n 1: unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
[syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness] |
louis the pious
(wn) | Louis the Pious
n 1: third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and
Holy Roman Emperor (778-840) [syn: Louis I, {Louis the
Pious}] |
pious platitude
(wn) | pious platitude
n 1: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant,
pious platitude] |
piously
(wn) | piously
adv 1: in a devout and pious manner; "she was devoutly Catholic"
[syn: devoutly, piously] |
piousness
(wn) | piousness
n 1: righteousness by virtue of being pious [syn: piety,
piousness] [ant: impiety, impiousness] |
copious free time
(foldoc) | copious free time
(Apple; originally from the introduction to Tom
Lehrer's song "It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier") Used
ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in
question; a mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks
held to be unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate
that the speaker is interested in accomplishing the task, but
believes that the opportunity will not arise. "I'll implement
the automatic layout stuff in my copious free time."
The phrase is also used for time reserved for bogus or
otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of bad
chrome, or the stroking of suits. "I'll get back to him
on that feature in my copious free time."
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copious free time
(jargon) | copious free time
n.
[Apple; orig. fr. the intro to Tom Lehrer's song It Makes A Fellow Proud To
Be A Soldier]
1. [used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in
question] A mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be
unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is
interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the opportunity
will not arise. “I'll implement the automatic layout stuff in my copious
free time.”
2. [Archly] Time reserved for bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such as
implementation of chrome, or the stroking of suits. “I'll get back to
him on that feature in my copious free time.”
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