impure
verbEtymology From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.
1
Obsolete to defile; to pollute
impure
adj/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.
› Not pure
1
Containing undesired intermixtures
- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
2
Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
3
Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.
- “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.”2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery:
4
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Having side effects.
- an impure method
- Derived terms
- impure name, impure s, pure-impure
- Related terms
- impuration, impurely, impureness, impurify, impurity
- Hyponyms
- Physical:, deteriorated, unclean, Moral:, immoral, obscene