The Only Use
impious
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet,
To give these mourning duties to your father;
But, you must know, your father lost a father;
That father lost, lost his; and the survivor bound,
In filial obligation, for some term
To do obsequious sorrow: but to persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness; 'tis unmanly grief;
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven;
A heart unfortified, a mind impatient;
An understanding simple and unschool'd;
For what we know must be, and is as common
As any the most vulgar thing to sense,
Why should we, in our peevish opposition,
Take it to heart?†Scene 1.2impious = disrespectful of morals or religion
Definitions:
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(1)
(impious) disrespectful of morals or religionWord Prefix: The prefix, "im" often means "not"; as "impossible" is "not possible", and "immature" is "not mature", and "impious" is "not pious."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)