sacrilegious

English

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Etymology

Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /sæk.ɹəˈlɪdʒ.əs/

  Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs

Adjective

sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious)

1. Committing sacrilege.
2. Acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

Trivia

Sacrilegious was the winning word at the 18th Scripps National Spelling Bee. [1]