Today’s “Word of the Day” is sacrilegious and it is an adjective meaning “profane, blasphemous, sinful, irreverent, irreligious, godless, ungodly, unholy, atheistic, disrespectful”.
Example Sentence: The Boxing Day Test has become, in the words of Mark Butcher, “a major part of cricketing folklore”, but it was a surprisingly recent addition to the calendar. England and Australia first met on that date in 1950, when the second Test resumed on 26 December after two days off. The following year, West Indies played Test cricket on Christmas Day itself, which one tourist declared “sacrilegious” and was not much more popular with the home side.
This word is present in The Guardian article Great escapes and all-time thrillers: the history of Boxing Day Ashes Tests and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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