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atheous

atheous adjective: atheistic.

Adjective

atheous (comparative more atheous, superlative most atheous)

  1. (obsolete) Atheistic.
    • It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy.1612, Joseph Hall, “The Sages and the Star”, in Contemplations upon the principal passages of the holie storie
    • Thy Father, who is holy, wiſe and pure,
      Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous Prieſt
      To tread his Sacred Courts...1671, John Milton, Paradise regain'd, a poem in IV books: to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, →OL, The First Book, page 487
  2. (obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
    • I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic.1880, Harvey Goodwin, “God and Nature”, in Popular Science

Forms of atheous

comparativemore atheous
superlativemost atheous

Origin of atheous

From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “without God/gods”). See atheist.

Questions about atheous

What does atheous mean?
Atheous means atheistic.
What part of speech is atheous?
Atheous is an adjective.

Words near atheous in the dictionary

  1. atheophobic
  2. atheoretical
  3. atheoreticality
  4. atheoretically
  5. atheosis
  6. atheous
  7. ather-
  8. Atherden
  9. Atherdens
  10. atherectomies
  11. atherectomy

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