iniquité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inīquitātem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ni.ki.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Homophone: iniquités

Noun

iniquité f (plural iniquités)

  1. iniquity
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV:
      [J]e suis le valeureux don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.
      ... I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities.

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