Definition for IR-REV'ER-ENT

IR-REV'ER-ENT, a. [Fr.; in and reverent.]

  1. Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.
  2. Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent thought, word or phrase.
  3. Wanting in respect to superiors. Milton.

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