adj. free of extraneous elements of any kind pure air and water|pure gold|pure primary colors|the violin's pure and lovely song|pure tones|pure oxygen |
adj. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black |
adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless I felt pure and sweet as a new baby|pure as the driven snow |
adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers an arrant fool|a complete coward|a consummate fool|a double-dyed villain|gross negligence|a perfect idiot|pure folly|what a sodding mess|stark staring mad|a thorough nuisance|a thoroughgoing villain|utter nonsense|the unadulterated truth Synonym: staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, sodding, perfect, gross, everlasting, double-dyed, consummate, complete, arrant, utter |
adj. free from discordant qualities |
adj. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied pure science |
adj. in a state of sexual virginity pure and vestal modesty|a spinster or virgin lady|men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal |
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