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immaculate

adj
/ɪˈmækjʊlət/UK/ɪˈmækjələt/US

Etymology

From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, im- + macule + -ate. Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado

  1. derived from immaculātus — “unstained”
  2. inherited from immaculat

Definitions

  1. Having no blemish or stain

    Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.

    • O loyall Father, of a treacherous Sonne, / Thou ſheere immaculate and ſiluer Fountaine, / From vvhence this ſtreame, through muddy paſſages, / Hath held his current, and defild himſelfe.
    • So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie / Perfect as circles, vvith ſuch nicetie / As a young Preacher at his firſt time goes / To preach, he enters, […]
    • So firſt to preach a vvhite-glov'd Chaplain goes, / VVith Band of Lily, and vvith Cheek of Roſe, / Svveeter than Sharon, in immaculate trim, / Neatneſs itſelf impertinent in him.

  2. Containing no mistakes.

  3. Free from sin

    Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.

    • Take not thy flight ſo ſoone immaculate ſpirit.
    • Were but my ſoul as pure / From other guilts as that, Heaven did not hold / One more immaculate.
    • And this Life is pure and immaculate Love, and this Love is God, as he is communicable unto man, and is the ſole Life and Eſſence of Vertue truly ſo called; […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Of the Virgin Mary or her womb

      Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.

    2. Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.

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Derived

Immaculate Conception, immaculate concussion, immaculate disinflation, immaculately, immaculateness, immaculism, Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, unimmaculate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA