immaculate
English
Etymology
From Middle English immaculat, from Latin immaculātus; prefix im- (“not”) + maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“I spot, stain”), from macula (“spot”). See mail (armor).
Displaced native unwemmed (“pure, untainted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈmækjəlɪt/
Adjective
immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)
- Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.
- Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. — Sir John Denham
- Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.
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Translations
having no stain or blemish, spotless, undefiled, clear, pure
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Latin
Participle
immaculāte
- vocative masculine singular of immaculātus
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