impurity
nounEtymology
From impure + -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.
- derived from impurité
Definitions
The condition of being impure
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
- Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
A state of immorality or sin
A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
- With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at impurity. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at impurity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at impurity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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