purebred


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.
– origin ME: from OFr. pur ‘pure’, from L. purus.

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