Immaculate

Origin

From Latin immaculātus; prefix im- ("not") + maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō ("spot, stain"), from macula ("spot"). Middle English immaculat. See mail armor.

Displaced native Old English unwemmed ("pure, untainted").

Full definition of immaculate

Adjective

1. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. — Sir John DenhamThou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.

Synonyms

• spotless
• undefiled
• unsullied

Derived terms

• Immaculate Conception
• immaculately
• immaculateness