impure

adj
/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.

  1. derived from impūrus
  2. borrowed from impur

Definitions

  1. Not pure

    • The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
  2. to defile

    to defile; to pollute

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01impure02pure03unsullied04sullied05soiled06defiled07dirty08unclean

A definitional loop anchored at impure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at impure

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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