pure
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pure/pjʊə(r)/
▶adjective
- 1 not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.
■ (also pure-bred) (of an animal or plant) of unmixed origin or descent.
- 2 innocent or morally good.
- 3 (of a sound) perfectly in tune and with a clear tone.
- 4 (of a subject) theoretical rather than practical. Compare with applied.
- 5 complete; nothing but.
- 6 Phonetics (of a vowel) not joined with another to form a diphthong.
– derivatives
purely adverb,
pureness noun.
purely adverb,
pureness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. pur ‘pure’, from L. purus.
'pure' also found in these Oxford entries:
adulterate
- anthracite
- antiseptic
- applied
- bastard
- boron
- Britannia silver
- candid
- carat
- caste
- castigate
- Cathar
- catharsis
- clean
- clear
- criollo
- desi
- diamond
- duck
- empirical
- empyrean
- ferrite
- fine
- fine chemicals
- flint
- flint glass
- fluorite
- glacial
- idea
- isolate
- IUPAC
- Khalsa
- lily-white
- lymph
- Manchu
- mathematics
- mere
- native
- optical glass
- osmotic pressure
- oxygen bar
- pedigree
- pointillism
- purblind
- pure mathematics
- pure play
- purge
- purify
- purine
