taintlessadj.
/ˈteɪntlɪs/ Chiefly poetic.
Free from taint; without stain or blemish; immaculate, clean, pure, innocent.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [adjective]
fairOE
unfiledc1200
purec1300
undefouled13..
unfouledc1380
fresha1393
finec1440
filthless1532
taintless1590
virgin1596
untainted1609
indevirginate?1624
unpolluted1771
germless1869
Diana1870
sterile1877
aseptic1883
pristine1910
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective]
cleanlyc888
unwemmedc950
clean971
lightOE
whiteOE
unfiledc1200
shire?c1225
sheenc1275
wemlessc1275
undefouled13..
undefoileda1325
purec1330
unbleckedc1380
unfouledc1380
clear1382
impollutec1384
unblemishedc1400
undefiledc1400
unspottedc1400
virginc1400
spotless?a1430
immaculate1441
uncorruptc1450
unpollushed1490
intemeratea1492
incorrupted1529
unmaculate1535
impolluted1548
crystallinec1550
incorrupt1550
uncorrupted1565
undistained1565
unstained1573
entire1587
taintless1590
untainted1590
stainless1599
unsmirched1604
intemerated1608
indepravate1609
chastea1616
uncurseda1628
undishonested1631
untaint1638
Adamical1649
sincere1649
undebaucheda1656
unaccurseda1674
amiantal1674
unsoiled1699
unpolluted1732
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I2v To flesh our taintlesse swords.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. G4v Heauen permits not taintlesse blood be spilt.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 333 His loyalty as taintless snow.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 44 To the golden sands, and the leaping bar, And the taintless tide that awaits me afar.
1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. I. 725 A pure, taintless, lofty, elevating..faith.
Derivatives
ˈtaintlessly adv. without taint.
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Taintlessly.
ˈtaintlessness n. the quality of being taintless.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]
cleannessc890
unwemmednessc1175
purity?c1225
shireness?c1225
cleanshipc1230
uncorruptionc1384
purenessa1398
undefoulingnessc1400
whitenessc1400
cleanliness1430
immaculation1509
clearness1526
undefiledness1571
uncorruptness1583
unspottedness1598
intemerateness1607
uncorruptedness1611
candour1612
spotlessness1619
immaculateness1641
candidness1654
unblemishedness1656
intemeration1660
unstainedness1685
pearliness1760
taintlessness1811
stainlessness1862
1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 26 Nov. (1964) I. 194 The first words you spoke to me..are eternal earnests of your taintlessness and sincerity.
1963 Eng. Stud. 44 22 Taintlessness and incorruptibility seem to depend not so much on the predominance of blood stains as on out~look.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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