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Dictionary definition · pure

adjective

  1. free of extraneous elements of any kind"pure air and water"
  2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers"an arrant fool"
  3. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
  4. free from discordant qualities
  5. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied"pure science"
  6. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"
  7. in a state of sexual virginity"pure and vestal modesty"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).