immaculate

CEFRC1

/ɪˈmækjʊlət/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Perfectly clean or without any fault.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Containing no mistakes; free from fault.

Examples

  • She cleans the house endlessly, thus keeping it immaculate.

  • Tom has an immaculate sense of style.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪˈmæk.jʊ.lət/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having no blemish or stain; absolutely clean and tidy.

  2. Of a book, manuscript, etc.: having no textual errors.

  3. Of the Virgin Mary or her womb: pure, undefiled.

More examples

In context

  • The room is in immaculate order.

  • O loyall Father, of a treacherous Sonne, / Thou ſheere immaculate and ſiluer Fountaine, / From vvhence this ſtreame, through muddy paſſages, / Hath held his current, and defild himſelfe.

  • So in immaculate clothes, and Symetrie / Perfect as circles, vvith ſuch nicetie / As a young Preacher at his firſt time goes / To preach, he enters, […]

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Origin

adjective

From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₂- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analy...