PIOUS
Pi"ous, a. Etym: [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.]
1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts." Milton. "Pious poetry." Johnson. Where was the martial brother's pious care Pope.
2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
Syn.
— Godly; devout; religious; righteous.
PIOUSLY
Pi"ous*ly, adv.
Defn: In a pious manner.
PIP
Pip, n. Etym: [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pépie; from LL. pipita, fr.
L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.]
Defn: A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
PIP
Pip, n. Etym: [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.)
Defn: A seed, as of an apple or orange.