immaculate

English

Etymology

From Latin immaculātus; prefix im- (“not”) + maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“spot, stain”), from macula (“spot”). Middle English immaculat. See mail armor.

Adjective

immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)

1. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.

   Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. — Sir John Denham

   Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.

Synonyms

• spotless
• undefiled
• unsullied

Derived terms

• Immaculate conception
• immaculately
• immaculateness

Translations

having no stain or blemish, spotless, undefiled, clear, pure

Armenian: անարատ (hy) (anarat) Czech: neposkvrněný (cs) m. Danish: pletfri (da) Dutch: vlekkeloos (nl) Finnish: virheetön (fi) French: immaculé (fr) German: makellos (de)

Greek: άσπιλος (el) (áspilos) m., άψογος (el) (ápsogos) m., αψεγάδιαστος (el) (ápsegadiastos) m. Hungarian: szeplőtlen (hu), szeplőtelen (hu), makulátlan (hu), tiszta (hu) Italian: immacolato (it) Romanian: imaculat (ro) m., imaculată (ro) f. Swedish: obefläckad (sv), fläckfri (sv)

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Latin

Participle

immaculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of immaculātus