Pristine Meaning
/ˈpɹɪstiːn/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
adjPrimitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
Sentence Examples
Algeria has beautiful pristine beaches.
Arrokoth is the most distant, most primitive and most pristine object ever explored by spacecraft.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The newly built house had ____ white walls without any marks or dirt at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The national park was in ____ condition, untouched by development and teeming with wildlife.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The newly built house had ____ white walls without any marks or dirt at all.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The national park was in ____ condition, untouched by development and teeming with wildlife.