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- pronunciation:
- ih
maek
y
liht
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
free from any dirt or stain; completely clean.
She scrubbed the dress and bleached it until it was immaculate.
- synonyms:
- clean, pristine, pure, speckless, spick-and-span, spotless, stainless
- antonyms:
- dirty, filthy, grubby, sordid
- similar words:
- undefiled
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| definition 2: |
free of any error or flaw.
She created an immaculate copy of the text.- synonyms:
- clean, consummate, flawless, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, spotless, stainless
- antonyms:
- damaged, imperfect
- similar words:
- correct, infallible, unimpeachable
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| definition 3: |
free of any moral impurity; sinless.
He prayed before a statue of the immaculate saint.- synonyms:
- clean, flawless, guiltless, impeccable, incorrupt, innocent, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, stainless, untainted
- antonyms:
- defiled, tainted
- similar words:
- chaste, saintly, undefiled, unimpeachable, vestal, virginal, virtuous
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| related words: |
antiseptic, clean, holy, tidy, virgin |
(adj.)immaculate
+ noun
apartment,
beach,
birth,
carpet,
clothes,
coat,
complexion,
conception,
conditioning,
couch,
counter,
deception,
dress,
facility,
floor,
garden,
green,
ground,
heart,
housekeeper,
interior,
kitchen,
lawn,
linen,
living,
parish,
perception,
pile,
reception,
ring,
room,
row,
sheet,
shirt,
sitting,
suit,
tackle,
uniform,
whiteness
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| derivations: |
immaculately (adv.), immaculacy (n.), immaculateness (n.) |
Immaculate comes from a Latin word that means "without any spots or stains."
The word immaculate
contains the following part:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
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