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impure

  • adjective
  • /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/

Containing undesired intermixtures

Other meanings

  1. Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin

  2. Unchaste; obscene not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality

Related words

  • impure name
  • impure s
  • pure-impure

Word history

From Latin "impūrus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “impure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.