IMPINGUATION
Im`pin*gua"tion, n.
Defn: The act of making fat, or the state of being fat or fattened.
[Obs.]
IMPIOUS
Im"pi*ous, a. Etym: [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See
Pious.]
Defn: Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
Syn. — Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. C. J. Smith. — Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. — Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
IMPIRE
Im"pire, n.
Defn: See Umpire. [Obs.] Huloet.
IMPISH
Imp"ish, a.
Defn: Having the qualities, or showing the characteristics, of an imp.
IMPISHLY
Imp"ish*ly, adv.