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  • Definition
    • pure :free of extraneous elements of any kind
      • pure air and water|pure gold|pure primary colors|the violin's pure and lovely song|pure tones|pure oxygen

    • pure :without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
      • an arrant fool|a complete coward|a consummate fool|a double-dyed villain|gross negligence|a perfect idiot|pure folly|what a sodding mess|stark staring mad|a thorough nuisance|a thoroughgoing villain|utter nonsense|the unadulterated truth

    • pure :concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
      • pure science

    • pure :(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
      • I felt pure and sweet as a new baby|pure as the driven snow

    • pure :in a state of sexual virginity
      • pure and vestal modesty|a spinster or virgin lady|men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal

    • pure :(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

      • pure :free from discordant qualities

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