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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inīquitātem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ni.kwiˈta/*
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: i‧ni‧qui‧tà
Noun
iniquità f
- iniquity
1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 70:Dio ha permesso che tale mostro di vizio e di iniquità governasse la sua chiesa perché le virtù del suo successore sfolgorassero di gloria!- God allowed for such a monster of sin and iniquity to rule his church in order for the virtues of his successor to blaze forth in glory!
Further reading
- iniquità in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana