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English
Etymology
From Latin inīquus, from in- (“not”) + aequus. See equal.
Pronunciation
Adjective
iniquous (comparative more iniquous, superlative most iniquous)
- (obsolete) Synonym of iniquitous
c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, , Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton ; and Mr. Morphew , published 1716, →OCLC:Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins, nor commutatively iniquous in the valuation of transgressions
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