Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impeccably clean; spotless.
- adjective Free from sin.
- adjective Free from fault or error.
- adjective Biology Having no spots or marks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unspotted; spotless; stainless; pure; undefiled; without blemish or impurity: as, an immaculate reputation; immaculate thoughts; an immaculate edition.
- In zoology and botany, without spots or colored marks; unicolored.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
- adjective (R. C. Ch.) the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having no
stain orblemish ;spotless ,undefiled ,clear ,pure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective free from stain or blemish
- adjective without fault or error
- adjective completely neat and clean
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That surrender of self-interest to a pure transcendent principle brings a whole new meaning to the term "immaculate conception" -- one that's not gender-specific.
Susan J. Cobb: The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution Susan J. Cobb 2011
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That surrender of self-interest to a pure transcendent principle brings a whole new meaning to the term "immaculate conception" -- one that's not gender-specific.
Susan J. Cobb: The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution Susan J. Cobb 2011
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Even though they're in immaculate shape, I would say that 18 would be the worst green that we have on Tour, except that it's not even the worst on this golf course; 12 is. —
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"Everybody referred to Brazil as a sleeping giant, and I think what people are realising now is that we are awake," she explained in immaculate American English.
Lula's Brazil: glitzy, rich, dynamic Tom Phillips 2010
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And to reason it stood that the individual in immaculate white must possess many changes and command the labour of laundresses to keep his changes immaculate.
Chapter 15 2010
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This comes on the back of a celebrated 2008 vintage and the now much-in-demand 2005—a year when the wines were described as immaculate.
2010: The Year of the Burgundy Will Lyons 2012
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Flower design is about color and texture, married in immaculate measure.
How to Build a Perfect Bouquet of Words | Write to Done 2008
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Men in immaculate galoshes pull themselves in after the women, their cuff links sparkling.
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Clad in immaculate khaki shorts and blouse, with equally immaculate pith helmet, Sarah was the taller, the older, still trim, almost thin, late fifties.
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Of course, I can't usually sustain immaculate because we do have many children, but when our homes have been up for sale I tried much harder to make sure they were pristine.
Something Nice 2007
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