Adjective
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in a state of sexual virginity
"pure and vestal modesty"
"a spinster or virgin lady"
"men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
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(used of persons or behaviors) having no faults
sinless
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath
"pure as the driven snow"
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concerned with theory and data rather than practice
opposed to applied
"pure science"
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free from discordant qualities
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(of color) being chromatically pure
not diluted with white or grey or black
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without qualification
used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool"
"a complete coward"
"a consummate fool"
"a double-dyed villain"
"gross negligence"
"a perfect idiot"
"pure folly"
"what a sodding mess"
"stark staring mad"
"a thoroughgoing villain"
"utter nonsense"
"the unadulterated truth"
- double dyed -
free of extraneous elements of any kind
"pure air and water"
"pure gold"
"pure primary colors"
"the violin's pure and lovely song"
"pure tones"
"pure oxygen"