English

Adjective

impure ‎(comparative more impure, superlative most impure)

1. Not pure

   The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy or unhallowed
3. Unchaste or obscene

   He was thinking impure thoughts.

4. (Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
   • 2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery

     “No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”

Synonyms

• imperfect, tainted

Antonyms

• pure

Related terms

• impuration
• impurely
• impureness
• impurify
• impurity

Translations

Verb

impure ‎(third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute

References

• impure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• impure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• umpire

French

Adjective

impure

1. feminine singular of impur

Italian

Adjective

impure f pl

1. feminine plural of impuro

Latin

Adjective

impūre

1. vocative masculine singular of impūrus

Adverb

impūrē ‎(comparable impūrius, superlative impūrissimē)

1. basely, shamefully, infamously
2. impurely

References

• impure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “impure”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.