Impure

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŠÉ™(r)

Origin

From Middle French impur, from Latin impurus

Full definition of impure

Adjective

1. Not pureThe impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obsceneHe was thinking impure thoughts.
4. (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
• 2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery“No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”

Synonyms

• imperfect, tainted

Antonyms

• pure

Related terms

• impuration
• impurely
• impureness
• impurify
• impurity

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute

Anagrams

• umpire