† iˈniquous, a. Obs.
[f. L. inīqu-us (see prec.) + -ous.]
Unjust, unfair; wicked, iniquitous.
| 1654 G. Emmot North. Blast 2 A rabble of iniquous persons, not worthy the Saints to interveen. 1682 Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §12 Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins, nor commutatively iniquous in the valuation of transgressions. 1711 Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. i. 11. §3. 32 He cannot in himself be esteem'd iniquous, or unjust. 1724 R. Welton Subst. Chr. Faith 221 That iniquous power, heretofore, attainted the Lord's Anointed. |