infidel

Meanings

Adjective

  • Rejecting a specific religion.
  • Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.

Noun

  • One who does not believe in a certain religion.
  • One who does not believe in a certain principle.
  • One with no religious beliefs.

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Origin

  • First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis, from in- + fidēlis. See fidelity.

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