immaculate

[ ih-mak-yuh-lit ]

/ ɪˈmæk yə lɪt /

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.

Nearby words

imitative, imitative magic, imitator, imittós, immaculacy, immaculate, immaculate conception, immane, immanely, immanence, immanent

Origin of immaculate

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

SYNONYMS FOR immaculate

2 irreproachable, blameless, unimpeachable, unexceptionable.

Related forms

im·mac·u·la·cy

[ih-mak-yuh-luh-see] /ɪˈmæk yə lə si/, im·mac·u·late·ness, nounim·mac·u·late·ly, adverbun·im·mac·u·late, adjectiveun·im·mac·u·late·ly, adverb

un·im·mac·u·late·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for immaculately

For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.
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The house is eerily pristine and immaculately preserved; your visit is the only thing threatening to disturb it.
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A wealthy Indian in his mid-40s, Mahoney is immaculately dressed with a scarf and vintage spectacles.
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His tendency was to be rather shy and afraid of Beauty, as a pleasant but not immaculately respectable acquaintance.
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The immaculately dressed young man in the office turned Field's card over doubtfully.
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Both were immaculately dressed, both had the unmistakable air of belonging to the leisure class.
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Nevertheless the due distinctions of rank were immaculately preserved.
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An immaculately dressed individual had entered the shop, and the gentleman trading as Smalley called an assistant to serve him.
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British Dictionary definitions for immaculately

immaculate

/ (ɪˈmækjʊlɪt) /

adjective

completely clean; extremely tidyhis clothes were immaculate

completely flawless, etcan immaculate rendering of the symphony

morally pure; free from sin or corruption

biology of only one colour, with no spots or markings

Derived Formsimmaculacy or immaculateness, nounimmaculately, adverb

Word Origin for immaculate

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

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Word Origin and History for immaculately

immaculate

adj.

early 15c., "free from mental or moral pollution, pure," from a figurative use of Latin immaculatus "unstained," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + maculatus "spotted, defiled," past participle of maculare "to spot," from macula "spot, blemish." The literal sense of "spotlessly clean or neat" in English is first attested 1735. Immaculate Conception is late 15c., from Middle French conception immaculée (late 15c.); declared to be an article of faith in 1854.