Impure

English

Etymology

From Latin impurus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Adjective

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1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

   The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

Synonyms

• imperfect, tainted

Antonyms

• pure

Related terms

• impuration
• impurely
• impureness
• impurify
• impurity

Translations

impure

CJKV Characters: 洿 Chinese: 不純的, 不纯的 Dutch: onzuiver nl(nl) Esperanto: malpura eo(eo) Finnish: epäpuhdas fi(fi) French: impur fr(fr) m.

German: unrein Interlingua: impur Italian: impuro it(it) m. Korean: 불결한 Spanish: impuro es(es) m.

Verb

Infinitive to Impure

Third person singular impur

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Impure (third-person singular simple present impur, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) (obsolete) To defile; to [pollute].

References

• Impure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Impure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• eimpru,
• umpire

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French

Adjective

Impure f.

1. Feminine of impur.

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Italian

Adjective

impure pl.

1. Feminine form of impuro.

el:impure fr:impure io:impure it:impure kn:impure hu:impure ja:impure pl:impure ru:impure ta:impure te:impure vi:impure zh:impure