# sacrilegious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ · frequency rank #57,692

## Definitions
1. Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

## Etymology
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sacrilegious