See Also: camph-(dictionary)
iniquity(dictionary)
iniquity(dictionary)
INIQUITY(law)

camph- (iou) and iniquity (iou)


camph- (iou)



camph- combining form [kamf] of CAMPHOR noun.
camphene noun (Chemistry) a crystalline bicyclic terpene, C10H16, present in many essential oils. M19.
camphine noun (Hist.) an oil for lamps, distilled from turpentine M19.

iniquity (iou)



iniquity noun. ME.
[Old French iniquite from Latin iniquitas, from iniquus: see INIQUE, -ITY.]
I.
Immoral, unrighteous, or harmful action or conduct; gross injustice, wickedness, sin. Also, the quality of being wicked or sinful. ME.
Robert Watson The iniquity and unrelenting cruelty exercised. A. J. P. Taylor My father regarded Oxford as a sink of iniquity.
b. In pl. Wrongful acts; sins, injuries, injustices. L15.
A. Brink To..expose the iniquities of the Security Police. M. Scammell A feudal system whose iniquities were to provide much of the fuel for the Revolution.
(Iniquity.) A (comic) character in morality plays, representing a particular vice or vice in General. L16.
Inequality, inequity, unfairness. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. L16.
II.
Unfavourable or adverse influence or operation. M16-E17.