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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *peu-, *pu- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pjʊə/, /pjɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /pjɔɹ/, /pjʊɚ/, /pjɝ/
- (US)
(file) - Rhymes: -ʊə(r), -ɔː(ɹ)
Adjective[edit]
pure (comparative purer or more pure, superlative purest or most pure)
- Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Macaulay
- Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Macaulay
- Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- (Can we date this quote?) Isaac Watts
- A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
- (Can we date this quote?) Isaac Watts
- Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
- Bible, 1 Timothy v. 22
- Keep thyself pure.
- Bible, 1 Timothy v. 22
- (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
- The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
- (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
Synonyms[edit]
- (free of flaws): see Thesaurus:pure
- (free of foreign material): see Thesaurus:raw
- (free of immoral behavior): innocent
Antonyms[edit]
- (free of flaws): dirty, flawed, impure
- (free of foreign material): contaminated, impure
- (free of immoral behavior): corrupt, guilty, sinful
- (done for its own sake): applied
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
free of flaws or imperfections
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free of foreign material or pollutants
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free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean
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Adverb[edit]
pure (not comparable)
- (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
- You’re pure busy.
- 1996, Trainspotting (film)
- I just get pure shy with the interview cats.
Translations[edit]
extremely
Noun[edit]
pure (plural pures)
- (obsolete, colloquial, euphemistic, sometimes pluralized) Feces, especially dog feces gathered in pre-20th-century England for use in the tanning of leather.
- 2001, Wendy Lawton, The Tinker's Daughter, ch. 8:
- Mary smelled the rancid odor of the tannery on the right side of the road. […]
- "What is that, Mary?" Jake asked.
- "'Tis a bag for collecting pure. That is going to be your job, Jake. You are to collect pure."
- "Pure? What is pure?"
- "Pure is another word for dung," Mary answered.
- 2001, Wendy Lawton, The Tinker's Daughter, ch. 8:
Verb[edit]
pure (third-person singular simple present pures, present participle puring, simple past and past participle pured)
- (golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately
- Tiger Woods pured his first drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pure (uncountable)
- Alternative form of puer
- 1851, H. Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, vII. 142/1:
- […] Dogs'-dung is called ‘Pure’, from its cleansing and purifying properties.
- 1842, The Penny Magazine, May 212/1:
- […] A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.
- 1851, H. Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, vII. 142/1:
Further reading[edit]
- pure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin pūre, the adverb of pūrus (“clean, pure”); or the definite form of pur (“pure”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure
- complete
- (adverbial) completely
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of pure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | pure | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | pure | — | —2 |
| Plural | pure | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | pure | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pure c (singular definite pureen, plural indefinite pureer)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of pure
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure
Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
pure
Finnish[edit]
Verb[edit]
pure
- Indicative present connegative form of purra.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of purra.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of purra.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure
- inflected form of pur
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ure
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin pūrē, the adverb of pūrus.[1]
Adverb[edit]
pure
- too, also, as well
- Synonym: anche
- well, surely
- please, by all means
- if you like; if you want (etc.)
- Parli pure (with third-person subjunctive) ― let him speak if he likes
- Parla pure (with imperative) ― Speak if you like
- Lei parli pure (with formal subjunctive-imperative) ― Speak if you like
Conjunction[edit]
pure
References[edit]
- ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword pure
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From pūrus (“clean; pure”) and -e (“-ly, -ily”).
Adverb[edit]
pūrē (comparative pūrius, superlative pūrissimē)
- clearly, brightly, cleanly
- correctly, faultlessly, perfectly, purely syn.
- Loqui pure.
- To speak correctly.
- Loqui pure.
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
pūre
References[edit]
- pure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
- (ambiguous) astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
- (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French pur, from Latin pūrus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure (comparative purer, superlative purest)
- pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished
- entire, total, all
- perfect, wonderful, unflawed
- morally clean, pure, or upstanding
- chaste
- true, real, genuine, not counterfeit
- clear, obvious, simple
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “pūr(e (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.
Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *pule.
Noun[edit]
pure
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pure
- absolute definite natural masculine form of pur.
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