Added 10 October 2026
irreverence
noun
Latin root: irreverentia Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about irreverence at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- An irreverent mental attitude.
- A disrespectful act.
Origin
From Middle English irreverence, from Latin irreverentia, from irreverēns (“irreverent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). By surface analysis, ir- + reverence.
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