incontaminate

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English

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Etymology

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Latin incontaminatus. See in- (not), and contaminate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪŋkənˈtæmɪnət/

Adjective

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incontaminate (comparative more incontaminate, superlative most incontaminate)

  1. (archaic) Not contaminated; pure.
    • 1664, H[enry] More, “[The Apology of Dr. Henry More, [].] Chapter X.”, in Synopsis Prophetica; or, The Second Part of the Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity: [], London: [] James Flesher, for William Morden [], →OCLC, page 563:
      Ye that phanſy your ſelves the onely Zelots for truth and holineſs, the onely found and incontaminate part of our Nation, but the National Church ſick and crazy; if it vvere ſo indeed, vvhere is your Charity, and hovv little your Diſcretion, to run out of the houſe novv your Mother lies thus on her ſick-bed?

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Italian

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Adjective

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incontaminate

  1. feminine plural of incontaminato

Latin

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Adjective

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incontāmināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of incontāminātus