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impure
English
Etymology
From Middle French impur, from Latin impurus
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Adjective
impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
- Not pure
- Containing undesired intermixtures
- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.
- 2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
- “No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”
- Containing undesired intermixtures
Synonyms
- imperfect, tainted
Antonyms
- pure
Related terms
- impuration
- impurely
- impureness
- impurify
- impurity
Translations
Verb
impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
- (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute
References
- impure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rumpie, umpire
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.py?/
- Rhymes: -y?
Adjective
impure
- feminine singular of impur
Italian
Adjective
impure f pl
- feminine plural of impuro
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
imp?r? (comparative imp?rius, superlative imp?rissim?)
- basely, shamefully, infamously
- impurely
Etymology 2
Adjective
imp?re
- vocative masculine singular of imp?rus
References
- impure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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ironstone
English
Etymology
From iron +? stone.
Noun
ironstone (countable and uncountable, plural ironstones)
- Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
- 1815, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. II, Cassell: 1893, Chapter XXI, [1]
- During my stay at Kamalia there was a smelting furnace at a short distance from the hut where I lodged, and the owner and his workmen made no secret about the manner of conducting the operation, and readily allowed me to examine the furnace, and assist them in breaking the ironstone.
- 1924, D. H. Lawrence, The Boy in the Bush, New York: Viking, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 41,
- The trees like this barren ironstone formation. It's well they do, for nothing else does.
- 1977, J. M. Coetzee, In the Heart of the Country, Penguin, 1982, p. 61,
- While I listen I sniff in the cordite fumes. Ironstone chipped against ironstone invokes a spark and a wisp of the same heady smoke.
- 1815, Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. II, Cassell: 1893, Chapter XXI, [1]
- A type of vitreous pottery similar to stoneware
- 2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien and Joseph Balicki, "Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel" in Robert A. Schmidt and Barbara L. Voss (eds.), Archaeologies of Sexuality, London: Routledge, p. 120,
- More than 50 percent of the collection from Hall’s brothel is ironstone and porcelain. White ironstone tablewares became popular in the late 1850s, and the high percentage of this ware suggests attention to fashion.
- 2000, Donna J. Seifert, Elizabeth Barthold O'Brien and Joseph Balicki, "Mary Ann Hall's first-class house: the archaeology of a capital brothel" in Robert A. Schmidt and Barbara L. Voss (eds.), Archaeologies of Sexuality, London: Routledge, p. 120,
Derived terms
- blackband ironstone
- carbonaceous ironstone
Translations
References
- ironstone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ironstone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- serotonin
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