Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IR-REV'ER-ENT
IR-REV'ER-ENCEIR-REV'ER-ENT-LY
IR-REV'ER-ENT, a. [Fr.; in and reverent.]
- Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.
- Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent thought, word or phrase.
- Wanting in respect to superiors. Milton.
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