pristine

CEFRC1

/ˈpɹɪstiːn/

adjective

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adjective
In perfect condition, clean, and not damaged or changed.
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adjective
Extra detail
Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

Examples

Arrokoth is the most distant, most primitive and most pristine object ever explored by spacecraft.
Algeria has beautiful pristine beaches.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 3
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ˈprɪˌstin/
/ˈpɹɪstaɪn/

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adjective

Extra meanings

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.

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In context

The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup.
Fire fueled with gasoline Life is beautiful, the world is pristine We have been bound unseen The walls of existence remain unclean

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The newly built house had blank white walls without any marks or dirt at all.

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Fire fueled with gasoline Life is beautiful, the world is pristine We have been bound unseen The walls of existence remain unclean
2020, “Solace and Serenity”, in Slow Decay (Metalcore, Deathcore), performed by The Acacia Strain, United States: Rise Records, →OCLC
Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
2008, J.M. Whitty with N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn, and S.C. Peverell, “Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 01 Jun 2012

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.

Deep Dive

adjective

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Quick test

The newly built house had blank— white walls without any marks or dirt at all.

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Origin

adjective

The newly built house had blank white walls without any marks or dirt at all.