"atheous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more atheous [comparative], most atheous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “without God/gods”). See atheist. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἄθεος||without God/gods}} Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “without God/gods”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} atheous (comparative more atheous, superlative most atheous)
  1. (obsolete) Atheistic. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-atheous-en-adj-zgwdLhLP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 76 24
  2. (obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-atheous-en-adj-qtVTjgrw Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100

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