† unbleckedadj.
Obsolete.
Unstained.
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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
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 129 Þis is clene religion..to kepe hym self vnblekkid or defoulid fro þis world.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 211 Ypocritis of feyned religion..kepe not hem self vnbleckid fro þis world.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 130 Syne efter that this ladie he did wed.., Quhilk..Martha..In all hir tyme wnblekkit wes with blame.
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