Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Remaining in a pure state, without human alteration.
- adjective Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean.
- adjective Of, relating to, or typical of the earliest time or condition; primitive or original.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to a primitive or early state or period; original; primitive: as, pristine innocence; the pristine manners of a people.
- Synonyms Primitive, etc. See
primary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unspoiled ; still with its originalpurity ;uncorrupted orunsullied - adjective
Primitive , pertaining to the earlieststate of something - adjective Relating to
sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective immaculately clean and unused
- adjective completely free from dirt or contamination
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Label condition—Is the label pristine, stained, or “bin soiled”?
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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Label condition—Is the label pristine, stained, or “bin soiled”?
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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I read hardcovers with the jacket on -- until I finally get irritated with trying to keep it in pristine condition and then take it off until I'm done!
Angels' Blood Countdown: Jean Johnson - The Mage ARC Nalini Singh 2009
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Enjoy, native cuts in pristine clear clean moutnain water, nothing better ....
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I have no problem lending my books out because I crease pages, fold down pages, eat while eating, so they're not in pristine condition.
Angels' Blood Countdown: Jory Strong - Ghostland ARC Nalini Singh 2009
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But if you have the spare cash and want your figures in pristine condition to display then new figures is the way to go.
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Enjoy, native cuts in pristine clear clean moutnain water, nothing better ....
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My point is that decommissioning the orbiters and sending them to a museum in pristine condition seems wasteful.
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"GOD BLESS YOU!" the priest clad in pristine white vestments shouted as he doused the boat and Vitter three times with water from a plastic oyster tub.
Gulf oil spill makes blessing of boats a sad task in La. this year 2010
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I've seen scientists having their photos taken for publicity shots and I know the photographer often ends up making the setting quite artificial (PI in pristine lab coat holding up a sequencing gel or other film while artfully arranged reagent bottles sparkle in the background seemed to be a popular one), so it's hard to know how representative they are of what these women usually dressed when they were working.
Depictions of 20th Century Women in Science: The Smithsonian Collection Peggy 2009
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