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Word: Pure
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English: from Old French pur ‘pure’, from Latin purus
pjʊə
not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material
Short Definition:not mixed or adulterated
Examples:- cars can run on pure alcohol
- the jacket was pure wool
(of a sound) perfectly in tune and with a clear tone
Short Definition:(of sound) clear and in tune
Examples:- these small cymbals produce a quiet but high pitched and very pure note
wholesome and untainted by immorality, especially that of a sexual nature
Short Definition:wholesome and moral
Examples:- our fondness for each other is pure and innocent
(of a subject of study) dealing with abstract concepts and not practical application
Short Definition:abstract
Examples:- a theoretical discipline such as pure physics
involving or containing nothing else but; sheer (used for emphasis)
Short Definition:sheer
Examples:- a shout of pure anger
- an outcome which may be a matter of pure chance
- it was revenge, pure and simple
(of a vowel) not joined with another to form a diphthong.
Short Definition:(of vowel) not forming diphthong
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