单词 | purity |
释义 | purity /pyoor"i tee/, n. 1. the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water. 2. freedom from any admixture or modifying addition. 3. ceremonial or ritual cleanness. 4. freedom from guilt or evil; innocence. 5. physical chastity; virginity. 6. freedom from foreign or inappropriate elements; careful correctness: purity of expression. 7. Optics. the chroma, saturation, or degree of freedom from white of a given color. 8. cleanness or spotlessness, as of garments. [1175-1225; < LL puritas (see PURE, -ITY); r. ME pur(e)te < AF < LL, as above] |
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