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Webster 1828 Edition

Intemerate

INTEM'ERATE

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Adj.
[L. intemeratus.] Pure; undefiled. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

intemerate

intemerate

English

Alternative forms

  • intemerated (obsolete, rare)

Adjective

intemerate ‎(comparative more intemerate, superlative most intemerate)

  1. (rare) pure, undefiled, chaste

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:intemerate.

Italian

Adjective

intemerate

  1. feminine plural of intemerato

Latin

Adjective

intemerāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of intemerātus

References

Etymology

From Latin intemerātus, from in- ‎(“without, not”) + temerō ‎(“violate”), from temerē ‎(“by chance, casually, rashly”), whence also temerity.

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