ungodly

Betekenis (Engels)

Teenoorgestelde van
godly, observant, pious, reverent, bad, dishonest, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indecent, obscene, reprehensible, risque, shameless, unchaste, wicked
Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ʌnˈɡɒdli/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English ungodli [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“belonging to God; resembling God, godlike”). Godli is derived from Old English godlīċ (“divine, godlike; godly”), from god (“god”) + -līċ (“suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’”). The English word may be analysed as un- + godly, and is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelijc (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungötlich (modern German ungöttlich), Old Norse óguðligr (“ungodly”) (Danish ugudelig, Icelandic óguðlegur), Swedish ogudlig.

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