incontaminate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋkənˈtæmɪnət/

Adjective

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?

References

• “incontaminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Adjective

incontaminate

1. feminine plural of incontaminato

Latin

Adjective

incontāmināte

1. vocative masculine singular of incontāminātus