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intemerate

adj

Etymology

First attested in 1492, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin intemerātus, from in- (“not”) + temerātus, perfect passive participle of temerō (“to violate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from temerē (“by chance, casually, rashly”).

  1. borrowed from intemerātus

Definitions

  1. Pure, undefiled, chaste.

    • The states of the kingdom are bound, with faithful concern, to leave intemerate all the royal prerogatives, after the dictates of the Swedish law, so that they shall be kept in their full vigor and strength ...
    • The flagrant corruption and prostitution of all that is sacred at Rome, had never spread its taint into his upright, intemerate soul.
    • You mean to make her your wife ; and the wife of Carberry Ratcliff must be intemerate!

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