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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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venereal
English
Etymology
From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v??n??.??.?l/, /v?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /v??n?.?i.?l/
- Hyphenation: ve?ne?re?al
Adjective
venereal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: aphroditic, (rare) Cytherean
- Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
- Antonym: nonvenereal
- a venereal medicine
- (astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
- Synonyms: libidinous, (informal) lusty, (obsolete) venereous; see also Thesaurus:randy
- (chemistry, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).
Alternative forms
- venereall (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- “venereal” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “venereal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- "venereal" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Anagrams
- leavener, valerene
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