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pure

  • adjective
  • /ˈpjʊə̯/

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

Other meanings

  1. Free of foreign material or pollutants.

  2. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.

Example sentences

  • “No one is racially pure.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "pūrus" (clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.