immaculate

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Babson returned to the office, immaculate, a thin, fiery soul.

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  1. adjective Impeccably clean; spotless. See Synonyms at clean.
  2. adjective Free from stain or blemish; pure.
  3. adjective Free from fault or error: an immaculate record.

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  • Now behold Supervisory Special Agent Quincy: His suit is immaculate, his shoes are polished, and his hands and face don't bear a single mark. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • The rest of his face was angled, immaculate, and refined. —  EQMM, June 2005
  • Snap Fitness is welcoming, immaculate, and affordable. —  CapeCodToday Blog Chowder
  • It is also evident that the brightness and jollity of the children are inherited, not only from father, but mother as well; and it was easy to discern, from the remarks that fell from the subject of my interview, that the touches of artistic taste to be seen about the place were due to the "best of wives and mothers"--immaculate housewife and capital hostess--Mrs. Furniss. And, as Mr. Furniss himself acknowledges, half the battle of life is overcome for a hard-worked professional man by the possession of a sympathetic and careful wife Illustration Just run through this budget of letters from father to children. —  The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
  • It is quite unnecessary; they are always immaculate--but rules are rules She smiled pleasantly, and glancing through the drawers found them neat and orderly. —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
 

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spotless ·  pristine ·  snowy ·  rumple ·  shiny ·  khaki ·  neat ·  impeccable ·  striped ·  tattered ·  unblemished ·  homespun
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. 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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  1. from Middle English immaculate = French immaculé = Spanish inmaculado = Portuguese immaculado = Italian immacolato, from Latin immaculatus, inmaculatus, unspotted, unstained, from in- privative + maculatus, spotted: see maculate.
 

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