immaculate
Meaning
- Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.
- (figuratively) Containing no mistakes.
- (figuratively, specifically) Containing no mistakes.
- (archaic, figuratively) Free from sin; morally pure; sinless.
- (figuratively) Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.
- (especially) Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.
Opposite of
unimmaculate, clean, maculate, pure, raw, maculated, spotted
Synonyms
Translations
immaculé
immacolato
inmaculado
unbefleckt
imaculado
lekesiz
onbesmet
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈmækjʊlət/
Etymology
In summary
From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Cognates * Catalan immaculat * Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete) * Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé) * Portuguese imaculado * Spanish inmaculado
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