pure

[[t]pyʊər[/t]]

adj. pur•er, pur•est

1) free from adulterating or extraneous matter:

pure gold[/ex]

2) free from contamination, pollution, or dirt; clean:

pure water[/ex]

3) not modified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous:

pure white[/ex]

4) absolute; utter; sheer:

pure joy[/ex]

5) being that and nothing else; mere:

a pure accident[/ex]

6) of unmixed descent or ancestry

7) free from foreign elements:

pure Attic Greek[/ex]

8) free from blemishes; clear; spotless:

pure skin[/ex]

9) (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected

10) abstract or theoretical (opposed to applied):

pure science[/ex]

11) without any discordant quality; clear and true:

a pure tone in music[/ex]

12) untainted with evil or guilt; innocent

13) physically chaste; virgin

14) ceremonially or ritually clean

15) independent of sense or experience:

pure knowledge[/ex]

16) bio Genetics.

a) homozygous

b) containing only one characteristic for a trait

17) phn (of a vowel sound) maintaining the same quality throughout its duration; monophthongal

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Etymology: 1250–1300; ME pur < OF < L pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure pure′ness, n.