immaculate [ih-mak -yuh -lit]
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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. Show More
Origin of immaculate 1400–50; late Middle English <
Latin immaculātus unspotted. See
im-2 ,
maculate Related forms im·mac·u·la·cy [ih-mak -yuh -luh -see] /ɪˈmæk yə lə si/ im·mac·u·late·ness , noun im·mac·u·late·ly , adverb un·im·mac·u·late , adjective un·im·mac·u·late·ly , adverb un·im·mac·u·late·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for immaculately Contemporary Examples of immaculately For those with a predilection for immaculately fine and delicate paintings by Botticelli, his Madonna of the Book will satisfy.
And yet the most remarkable thing about Gleeson wasn't his immaculately creepy looks—it was his immaculate performance.
The house is eerily pristine and immaculately preserved; your visit is the only thing threatening to disturb it.
At first, bar patrons thought the 52-year-old—immaculately dressed, an athletic blonde with shoulder-length hair—was snobby.
A wealthy Indian in his mid-40s, Mahoney is immaculately dressed with a scarf and vintage spectacles.
Historical Examples of immaculately But the several fly-leaves were immaculately innocent of all sign of ownership.
They were always to be immaculately neat in their attire, and gentle in their ways.
As she turned into her own street she met her husband, immaculately dressed.
Among the late-comers was a middle-aged woman, immaculately clean.
Nevertheless the due distinctions of rank were immaculately preserved.
British Dictionary definitions for immaculately 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 Show More
Derived Forms immaculacy or immaculateness , noun immaculately , adverb Word Origin for immaculate C15: from Latin immaculātus, from im- (not) + macula blemish
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Word Origin and History for immaculately 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.
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