immaculate

[ ih-mak-yuh-lit ]
/ ɪˈmæk yə lɪt /
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adjective

free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled.
free from fault or flaw; free from errors: an immaculate text.
Biology. having no spots or colored marks; unicolor.

Origin of immaculate

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin immaculātus unspotted. See im-2, maculate

OTHER WORDS FROM immaculate

Words nearby immaculate

imitation doublet, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, imitative, imitative magic, imittós, immaculate, immaculate conception, immane, immanent, immanentism, immanuel

Words related to immaculacy

purity, cleanliness, virginity, abstinence, decency, monogamy, cleanness, continence, restraint, virtue, innocence, integrity, honor, maidenhood, whiteness, pureness, modesty, demureness, temperance, abstemiousness

Example sentences from the Web for immaculacy

  • Was it a lot of nonsense that he had thought about the immaculacy of the flesh?

    The Hero |William Somerset Maugham

  • Among other elucidations, the work contained professional testimony of the immaculacy that was claimed.

    The Lords of the Ghostland |Edgar Saltus

British Dictionary definitions for immaculacy

immaculate
/ (ɪˈmækjʊlɪt) /

adjective

completely clean; extremely tidy his clothes were immaculate
completely flawless, etc an immaculate rendering of the symphony
morally pure; free from sin or corruption
biology of only one colour, with no spots or markings

Derived forms of immaculate

immaculacy or immaculateness, noun immaculately, adverb

Word Origin for immaculate

C15: from Latin immaculātus, from im- (not) + macula blemish