Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

den of iniquity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: den of iniq-ui-ty
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place of immoral behavior, often of a sexual type.

Example Sentences

"The young men made their preparations with alacrity, and, headed by this western patriarch, we proceeded at a rapid gait to surprize the tenants of this den of iniquity."
""Shet up!" I snarled. "I'm jest payin' yuh back for all the pain and humiliation I suffered in this den of iniquity—""
"Ms. Saint Phalle bought the converted inn with her husband, the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, in 1963; he died in 1991. Called Auberge au Cheval Blanc, it was once a brothel. "The villagers wanted an end to the den of iniquity, but then they did not like our sculptures, and for a while they would throw things at them," she says with a distinctive laugh, as wide open and explosive as her eyes."

Etymology

Unclear, but probably inspired by the “den of thieves” in the KJV Bible, which is a calque of Latin spēlunca latrōnum.

Inflected Forms

dens of iniquity (plural)

Questions

What does den of iniquity mean?: A place of immoral behavior, often of a sexual type.
Where does den of iniquity come from?: Unclear, but probably inspired by the “den of thieves” in the KJV Bible, which is a calque of Latin spēlunca latrōnum.

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