immaculate
Syllables: im·ma·cul·ate/ɪˈmækjʊlət/US/ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/
immaculate adjective: having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
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Adjective
immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)
- Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
- O loyall Father, of a treacherous Sonne, / Thou ſheere immaculate and ſiluer Fountaine, / From vvhence this ſtreame, through muddy paſſages, / Hath held his current, and defild himſelfe.1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597...
- So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie / Perfect as circles, vvith ſuch nicetie / As a young Preacher at his firſt time goes / To preach, he enters, […]p. 1597, J[ohn] Donne, “Satyre IIII”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 344
- Synonyms:
- clear, lily-white, spotless, stainless, unsullied, clean, clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin
- Antonyms:
- maculate, unimmaculate, stained, dirty, befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, foul
- Containing no mistakes; free from fault.
- Synonyms:
- flawless, impeccable, perfect, unblemished, faultless
- Antonyms:
- unimmaculate, flawed, imperfect
- Of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors.
- Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.
- Take not thy flight ſo ſoone immaculate ſpirit.c. 1624–1625 (date written), Philip Massinger, The Vnnaturall Combat. A Tragedie. […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii, signature [K4]...
- Were but my ſoul as pure / From other guilts as that, Heaven did not hold / One more immaculate.1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act V, page 86
- Antonyms:
- maculate, unimmaculate, imperfect, impure, tainted
- Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
- Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.
- Synonyms:
- self-coloured, spotless, unspotted
immaculate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
immaculate in Tamil
- கறையற்ற, களங்கமற்ற, மாசற்ற
immaculate in Urdu
- بےداغ, خالص
immaculate in Bengali
- having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
- অকল্ক okolko, অকলঙ্ক okoloṅko
immaculate in Malayalam
- having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy — see also spotless, undefiled
- പരിശുദ്ധ pariśuddha
More languagesFewer languages
- immaculate in Kannada
- ಚೊಕ್ಕ, ಚೊಕ್ಕಟ, ಮಡಿ, ಕುಂದಿಲ್ಲದ
- immaculate in Sanskrit
- अमल amala, परिशुद्ध pariśuddha
- immaculate in Tagalog
- inmakulada, busilak
- immaculate in Arabic
- مُنَزَّه munazzah
- immaculate in Thai
- วิมล wí-mon
- immaculate in Vietnamese
- vẹn toàn, phau, trong trắng
Examples of immaculate in a sentence
- So firſt to preach a vvhite-glov'd Chaplain goes, / VVith Band of Lily, and vvith Cheek of Roſe, / Svveeter than Sharon, in immaculate trim, / Neatneſs itſelf impertinent in him.1733, “an Eminent Hand” [pseudonym; Alexander Pope], The Impertinent, or A Visit to the Court. A Satyr. […], London: […] John Wil[f]ord...
- Every rustle of her silvery silk gown, every fold of the snowy kerchief on her neck, every plait of her immaculate cap, spoke a soul long retired from this world and its cares.1856, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Gordon Family”, in Dred; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Phillips...
- And this Life is pure and immaculate Love, and this Love is God, as he is communicable unto man, and is the ſole Life and Eſſence of Vertue truly ſo called; […]1653, Henry More, “The Defence of the Threefold Cabbala. The Defence of the Moral Cabbala. Chapter III.”, in A Collection of Several...
- The VVorld's infectious; fevv bring back at Eve / Immaculate, the Manners of the Morn.1743, [Edward Young], “Night the Fifth. The Relapse. […]”, in The Complaint. Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. Night the...
Synonyms of immaculate
- clear
- lily-white
- spotless
- stainless
- unsullied
- clean
- clean as a bean
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean as a new penny
- clean as a new pin
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- clean as a whistle
- pristine
- spick-and-span
- squeaky clean
- unsoiled
- flawless
- impeccable
- perfect
- unblemished
- faultless
- irreproachable
- chaste
- cherry
- halal
- ideal
- kosher
- natural
- pure
- simon-pure
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- uncontaminated
- undefiled
- unpolluted
- untainted
- untouched
- virgin
- self-coloured
- unspotted
- mere
Antonyms
Forms of immaculate
| comparative | more immaculate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most immaculate |
Origin of immaculate
From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate. Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado
Words formed from immaculate
Phrases with immaculate
Questions about immaculate
- What does immaculate mean?
- Immaculate means having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
- What is immaculate in Tamil?
- Immaculate in Tamil is கறையற்ற, களங்கமற்ற, மாசற்ற. See Immaculate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use immaculate in a sentence?
- So firſt to preach a vvhite-glov'd Chaplain goes, / VVith Band of Lily, and vvith Cheek of Roſe, / Svveeter than Sharon, in immaculate trim, / Neatneſs itſelf impertinent in him.
- What part of speech is immaculate?
- Immaculate is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce immaculate?
- Immaculate is pronounced /ɪˈmækjʊlət/ (UK).
Words near immaculate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: immaculate (page history and authors); immaculate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immaculate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); immaculate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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