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{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to piety”",
"word": "impious"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to piety”",
"word": "independent"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to piety”",
"word": "profane"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "offensive to pious ears"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pious fiction"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pious fraud"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "piously"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "piousness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pewH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "pīus",
"4": "",
"5": "pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout"
},
"expansion": "Latin pīus (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pewH-",
"4": "",
"5": "pure"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "fǣle",
"3": "",
"4": "faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved"
},
"expansion": "Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "feal"
},
"expansion": "feal",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin pīus (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more pious",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most pious",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pious (comparative more pious, superlative most pious)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "frum"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "piety"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 74",
"text": "Old Deacon Smith was quick to see the impression made by Abby Howard upon the mind of his son, and he was wonderfully pleased thereat, for Abby was the oldest daughter of the good Deacon Howard, and was herself a church member, and pious. He had more hope for his son now, than he had felt for years.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 December 2, Paul Salopek, “Blessed. Cursed. Claimed.”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2015-02-12",
"text": "Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing."
],
"id": "en-pious-en-adj-8otYL5UO",
"links": [
[
"piety",
"piety"
],
[
"devout",
"devout"
],
[
"god-fearing",
"god-fearing"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣāliḥ",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "صَالِح"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wariʕ",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "وَرِع"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mutadayyin",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "مُتَدَيِّن"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taqiyy",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "تَقِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "barr",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "بَرّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barepašt",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "բարեպաշտ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabóžny",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "набо́жны"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pabóžny",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "пабо́жны"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bahabójny",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "багабо́йны"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nábožen",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "на́божен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blagočestív",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "благочести́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìngqián",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "敬虔"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "虔誠"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánchéng",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "虔诚"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "zbožný"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ydmyg"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "from"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "vroom"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pia"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "hurskas"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "harras"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "jumalinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "jumalaapelkääväinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pieux"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pío"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣvtismošiši",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ღვთისმოშიში"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "morc̣mune",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "მორწმუნე"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣvtismosavi",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ღვთისმოსავი"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "fromm"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pietätvoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efsevís",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ευσεβής"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thrískos",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "θρήσκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eusebḗs",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "εὐσεβής"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thrêskos",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "θρῆσκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "saleh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"alt": "けいけいんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keiken na",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "敬虔な"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"alt": "しんじんぶかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinjinbukai",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "信心深い"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ğibadatşyl",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ғибадатшыл"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeonggeonhada",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "경건하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "peristiş",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "پەرستش"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pius"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "póbožen",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "по́божен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bogoúgoden",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "богоу́годен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "blagóčestiv",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "благо́честив"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "salih"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "warak"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "alim"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "whakapono"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pieux"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "from"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "piós"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "ǣfæst"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "fromm"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pobożny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "nabożny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "bogobojny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "zbożny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pio"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pios"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nábožnyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "на́божный"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blagočestívyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "благочести́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bogobojáznennyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "богобоя́зненный"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "yajyu",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "यज्यु"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "cràbhach"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pobožan"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "zbožný"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "piadoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "from"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pietistisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "pietetsfull"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "andaktsfull"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "vördsam"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "kärtse-ṣälype"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "dindar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "imanı bütün"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "sofu"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "salih"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "mütedeyyin"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pobóžnyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "побо́жний"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nabóžnyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "набо́жний"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "blahočestývyj",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "благочести́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "sùng đạo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 6 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "frum",
"sense": "of or pertaining to piety",
"word": "פֿרום"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A pious cause.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Relating to religion or religious works."
],
"id": "en-pious-en-adj-acs0DzOV",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nabožen",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "набожен"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "tekopyhä"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "muotojumalinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣvtismošiši",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "ღვთისმოშიში"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣvtismosavi",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "ღვთისმოსავი"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "morc̣mune",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "მორწმუნე"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "de",
"english": "hypocritical",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "scheinheilig"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinjin no na wo karita",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"tags": [
"phrase"
],
"word": "信心の名を借りた"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shūkyō ni kakotsuketa",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "宗教にかこつけた"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "ja",
"english": "hypocritical",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gizen-teki na",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "偽善的な"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "póbožen",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "по́божен"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "whakapono"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "cràbhach"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "nabožan"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "bağnaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 61 12",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "yobaz"
}
]
},
{
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "cràbhach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "nabožan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "bağnaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practiced under the pretext of religion",
"word": "yobaz"
}
],
"word": "pious"
}
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