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  • adjective Extremely pious, overly devout or reverent.

Etymologies

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From ultra- +‎ pious

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Examples

  • Years when Hollywood began to churn out ultraviolent or ultrapious films in which, however, the Spin was never explicitly mentioned; the Spin, like sex and the words describing it, having been banned from "entertainment discourse" by Lomax's Cultural Council and the FCC.

    Spin 2005

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