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From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “without God/gods”). See atheist.

adjective more atheous · most atheous

obsolete Atheistic. It is an ignorant conceit, that enquiry into nature should make men atheous: no man is so apt to see the star of Christ, as a diligent disciple of philosophy.
obsolete Without God, neither accepting nor denying him. I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic.

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@misc{atheous_2026,
  title = {atheous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/atheous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}