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profane
1. Characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
2. Not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular, as opposed to sacred.
3. Unholy; heathen; pagan; such as, profane rites; marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
4. Not initiated into religious rites or mysteries; such as, people.
5. Common or vulgar.
6. Etymology: from Latin profanus, "unholy, not sacred"; literally, "that which is situated before (that is, outside of) the temple"; from pro-, "in front of" and fanum, "temple".
2. Not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular, as opposed to sacred.
3. Unholy; heathen; pagan; such as, profane rites; marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
4. Not initiated into religious rites or mysteries; such as, people.
5. Common or vulgar.
6. Etymology: from Latin profanus, "unholy, not sacred"; literally, "that which is situated before (that is, outside of) the temple"; from pro-, "in front of" and fanum, "temple".
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fanati-, fanat-, fan-
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pro-, por-, pur-
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“profane”
profane
Vulgar, coarse, contemptuous.
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Blagojevich Scandal
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(delusional, narcissistic, vengeful, and profane)