immaculate

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The laundry on this clothesline is immaculate.

adjective

The definition of immaculate is someone or something that is free from mistakes, absolutely clean and without sin.

An example of immaculate is a test where a person got every answer correct.
An example of immaculate is a house that has been cleaned so it is spic and span with no dirt anywhere.
An example oif immaculate is the conception that resulted in the birth of Jesus Christ.

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immaculate

perfectly clean; without a spot or stain; unsoiled
perfectly correct; without a flaw, fault, or error
pure; innocent; without sin
Biol. of a solid color, without marks or spots

Origin of immaculate

Middle English from Classical Latin immaculatus from in-, not + maculatus, past participle of maculare, to spot, soil from macula, a spot, probably from Indo-European base an unverified form sm?-, to smear from source smite

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immaculate

adjective

Impeccably clean; spotless: “The room was as spare and immaculate as a monk's cell” ( Caroline Preston )
Free from sin.
Free from fault or error: an immaculate record on the job.
Biology Having no spots or marks.

Origin of immaculate

Middle English immaculat from Latin immaculātus in- not ; see in- ¹. maculātus past participle of maculāre to blemish ( from macula spot )

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im·mac′u·late·ness
noun

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Adjective

(comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)

Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, pure.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. — Sir John Denham
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. — Shakespeare, Richard II, V-iii.

Origin

From Latin immaculātus; prefix im- (“not”) + maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“spot, stain”), from macula (“spot”). Middle English immaculat. See mail armor.

Displaced native Old English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”).

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immaculate - Medical Definition

adj.

Biology Having no spots or marks.

Related Forms:

im·mac′u·late·ly
adv.

im·mac′u·late·ness
n.

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