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impure

im·pure

UK/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ US/ˌɪˈmpjʊr/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

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used of persons or behaviors; not morally pure

  • “impure thoughts”
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3.

ritually unclean or impure

  • “and the swine...is unclean to you” Leviticus 11:3
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Origin

From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.

Phrases

  • impure name
  • impure s

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