immaculacyn.
/ᵻˈmakjᵿləsi/, U.S. /ᵻˈmækjələsi/ The state or condition of being immaculate; immaculateness.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [noun]
cleanness1398
cleanliness1590
immaculacy1774
unsulliedness1863
specklessness1882
spotlessness1888
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > purity or freedom from flaws
integrityc1450
purenessc1500
purity1553
indefectuousness1685
undefectiveness1702
immaculacy1774
faultlessness1818
inerrancy1818
flawlessness1888
1774 London Evening-Post 27 Jan. Men..should be ever watchful over your actions, nor suffer the least imputation to sully their immaculacy.
1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 19 I..will not..sully the immaculacy of my page with a reflection [etc.].
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited viii. 252 Perrone is called the pucelle, because it had never been violated by an enemy; but her immaculacy is now more than questionable.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ii. 55 He sees through Professor Jaques's pretended immaculacy.
1892 W. Watson Poems 116 Insulted by a flower's immaculacy, And mock'd at by the flawless stars he stands.
1934 K. O'Brien Ante-room i. i. 22 His whole appearance had an exaggerated, antiseptic immaculacy.
1970 B. Hopkins tr. W. Kolneder Antonio Vivaldi 76 A comfortable playing position..and the sound colour of high-lying chords were more important to the composer than technical immaculacy.
2011 M. Crăciun in M. Crăciun & E. Fulton Communities Devotion i. 57 Mary's identification with Christ was adduced as another argument in favour of her immaculacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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