First Known Use: 15th century
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immaculate
adjective im·mac·u·late \i-ˈma-kyə-lət\
: perfectly clean
: having no flaw or error
Full Definition of IMMACULATE
2
: containing no flaw or error
3
a : spotlessly clean b : having no colored spots or marks <petals immaculate>
— im·mac·u·late·ly adverb
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Examples of IMMACULATE
- … they seemed as remote from metaphysics as their lunch bags and knapsacks. Yet weren't they all heading for those immaculate country snowfields to talk of God? —Cynthia Ozick, Atlantic, May 1997
- … and added to this was the fact that this Soviet Army Colonel had a service record that was as immaculate as a field of freshly fallen snow … —Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, (1988) 1989
- I was expecting some giant to emerge, but in came a tiny, immaculate, white-haired man. —Anna Russell, I'm Not Making This Up, You Know, 1985
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Origin of IMMACULATE
Middle English immaculat, from Latin immaculatus, from in- + maculatus stained — more at maculate
IMMACULATE Defined for Kids
immaculate
adjective im·mac·u·late \i-ˈma-kyə-lət\
Definition of IMMACULATE for Kids
1
: perfectly clean
2
: having no flaw or error <He has an immaculate record.>
— im·mac·u·late·ly adverb
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