Adjective
(
en-adj)
(obsolete) atheistic
* (Milton)
* {{quote-book
| year = 1612
| first = Joseph
| last = Hall
| authorlink = Joseph Hall
| title = Contemplations upon the principal passages of the holie storie
| chapter = The Sages and the Star
| passage = It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men
atheous : no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy.
}}
* {{quote-book
| year = 1671
| first = John
| last = Milton
| authorlink = John Milton
| title = Paradise regain'd, a poem in IV books: to which is added Samson Agonistes
| section = The First Book
| location = London
| publisher = John Starkey
| page = 487
| ol = 13564188M
| url = http://www.archive.org/details/ParadiseRegained1671
| passage = Thy Father, who is holy, wi?e and pure,
Suffers the Hypocrite or
Atheous Prie?t
To tread his Sacred Courts...
}}
* {{quote-book
| year = 1792
| first = David
| last = Lloyd
| title = The Voyage of Life: A Poem. in Nine Books
| publisher = C. Dilly
| volume = 3
| page = 46
| passage = In
atheous men conscience becomes a scourge.
}}
(obsolete) Without God, neither accepting nor denying him.
* Bishop of Carlisle
- I should say science was atheous , and therefore could not be atheistic.
