Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pristine, untouched, virgin
Antonyms: dirty, flawed, impure, imperfect, tainted
adj
Free of foreign material or pollutants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: crude, natural, unrefined, raw, coarse, pure, pristine, unalloyed, unmixed, unprocessed, untouched, untreated, utter
Antonyms: contaminated, impure, adulterated, common, corrupted, mixed, polluted, sophisticated, tainted
adj
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: innocent, chaste, blameless, clean, clean-handed, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a whistle, clear, dovelike, guiltless, innocent as the babe unborn, innocent as the child unborn, irreprehensible, nonblameworthy, not guilty, offenseless, pure, righteous, sackless, sinless, unblameable, unblameworthy, uncalculating, unguilty
Antonyms: corrupt, guilty, sinful, at fault, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, nocent, reprehensible, to blame
adj
Mere; that and that only.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: alone, bare, only, simple, very
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adj
Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: applied
adj
Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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adj
Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Having no side effects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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adj
A lot of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: Bermuda
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adv
to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, not-comparable
Qualifier: Liverpool
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noun
One who, or that which, is pure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of puer (“dung (e.g. of dogs)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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verb
To hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To cleanse; to refine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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adjective
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: saturated
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adjective
(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless- Sylvia Plath
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: impure
adjective
free of extraneous elements of any kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: impure
adjective satellite
in a state of sexual virginity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
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adjective satellite
concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
free from discordant qualities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)).
Across languages
228 source translations are retained for this English entry.
