IMPURE


Meaning of IMPURE in English

I. (ˈ)im, əm+ adjective

Etymology: French & Latin; French, from Latin impurus, from in- in- (I) + purus pure — more at pure

1. : not pure: as

a. : unchaste , lewd , obscene

impure language

given to impure ideas

b. : containing something unclean : dirty , foul , filthy , unwholesome

impure water

impure air

c. : unclean for ceremonial or religious purposes or not purified or hallowed by rites : defiled, unholy , unhallowed

d. : not accurate : not idiomatic

impure Latin

: marked by an intermixture of foreign elements

an impure dialect

or by substandard, incongruous, or objectionable locutions

an impure style

e. : mixed or impregnated with an extraneous especially inferior substance : adulterated, unrectified

an impure chemical

impure food

an impure diamond

f. of art or decoration : mixed , bastard

an impure style of ornamentation

g. : designed to serve a purpose chiefly other than artistic — used of art or an art form (as a poem or painting)

there is impure poetry, social and political poetry — Jacob Isaacs

2. : heterozygous

• im·purely “+ adverb

• im·pureness “+ noun

II. transitive verb

obsolete : to make impure

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.