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pure-impure

pure-impure adjective: completely or totally impure.

Adjective

pure-impure (not comparable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) Completely or totally impure.
    • The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about pure-impure

What does pure-impure mean?
Pure-impure means completely or totally impure.
What part of speech is pure-impure?
Pure-impure is an adjective.

Words near pure-impure in the dictionary

  1. pure virtual methods
  2. pure-blooded
  3. pure-bred
  4. pure-breds
  5. pure-hearted
  6. pure-impure
  7. pure-out
  8. pure-play
  9. pureblood
  10. pureblooded
  11. purebloods

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