different between pious vs numinous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?us (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“pure”). Cognate with Old English f?le (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pa??s/

• Rhymes: -a??s

Adjective

pious (comparative more pious, superlative most pious)

1. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

Synonyms

• reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to piety): impious, independent, profane

Derived terms

• piously
• piousness
• pi

Related terms

• piety

Translations

Anagrams

• pouis

English

Etymology

From Latin n?men (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality”). N?men is believed to derive either from Latin *nu? (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from ???? (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?m?n?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n(j)um?n?s/
• Hyphenation: nu?min?ous

Adjective

numinous (comparative more numinous, superlative most numinous)

1. Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. [from mid 17th c.]
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:

     He held his own body in numinous esteem.
2. Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.

Derived terms

• numinosity
• numinously
• numinousness

Related terms

• numen
• numinal

Translations

Further reading

• numinous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• numinous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia