impureadj.n.

/ɪmˈpjʊə/

Etymology: < Latin impūrus, < im- (im- prefix²) + pūrus pure. Compare French impur, -e (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

A. adj.

I. Not clean; defiled.

a. Containing some defiling or offensive matter; dirty, unclean.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective]

mixedc1300

pollutea1382

infectc1384

unpurea1398

fouledc1400

drossyc1420

polluteda1425

defouledc1440

dreggyc1440

feculent1471

filed1483

violate?c1500

feding1502

fly-blown1528

cankered1530

defiled1530

contagious1547

dregful1552

contaminatea1555

menstruous1560

dreggish1561

conspurcate1563

empoisoned1581

inquinated?1593

pollutionate1593

fly-bitten1598

impure1598

druggy1599

contaminated1609

transboundary1918

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture.

1647 A. Cowley Bathing in Mistress v Thou No priviledge dost know Above th' impurest streams that thither flow.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 170 The impurest fresh water that we know, is that of stagnating pools and lakes.

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 103 Want of due discrimination between the effects of an impure atmosphere and of contagion.

b. Not pure ceremonially; unhallowed, unclean.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > [adjective] > not

uncleaneOE

foulOE

commonc1384

impure1623

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 140 His [sc. God's] onely command sanctifies those creatures which by a generall charge were legally impure.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 204 Their meat..if it happen that any one..should blow or breath upon it, they cast it away as impure.

1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 120 An honest man, by touching impure food,..will be degraded.

1815 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights (ed. 4) I. 112 Dogs, which, according to the tenets of the Mussulman religion, are impure animals.

1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liv. 49 The invader, who had touched the hallowed soil with impure feet.

2. Not pure morally; defiled by sin; unclean, unchaste; filthy.

a. of persons.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adjective]

uncleansedeOE

uncleanlyOE

uncleanOE

unpurec1390

unclearc1440

impure?1533

spotteda1535

unpurified1537

?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xx^v Impure and vncleane harted then are all they that studie to breake Gods commaundementes.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints sig. E4^v The wretchednes of world impure.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 140 It is then more intollerable to serve an impure fellow.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 751 Jockeys, brothellers impure, Spend~thrifts, and booted sportsmen.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. vi. 215 Those slaves impure, Each one the other thus from ill to ill did lure.

b. of actions or things.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adjective] > specifically of things, actions, or thoughts

foullyeOE

uncleanOE

lairya1340

violate?c1500

unracked1581

muddy1600

impure1613

unrinsed1620

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 66 Astrologie, which..he defiled with impure Magicke.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 746 Defaming as impure what God declares Pure.

1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 584 The temple of impure delight.

1864 J. Walker Faithf. Ministry 103 We fill the hearts of others with impure desires.

II. Affected or contaminated by admixture.

3. Mixed with or containing some extraneous or foreign matter, esp. of an inferior or baser kind; contaminated, adulterated.

a. Of things physical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > not freed from inferior matter

unfinec1400

unfined1568

unrefined1588

impure1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §98 The Oyly, Crude, Pure, Impure, Fine, Grosse Parts of Bodies, and the like.

1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ix. 226 In this Manner are extracted from Roses..the three impure Parts Phlegm, Water, and Cap. Mort.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 317 Another cove..which affords a greyish impure steatites, spotted with black.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 370 Impure mercury also soils white paper, and the presence of lead may be detected by agitating the metal with water.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 114 The catechuic acid obtained in this way was still impure.

b. Of things immaterial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > not freed from inferior matter > of things immaterial

impure1704

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 179 That [act of the will] may be said to be impure or mixt, partly voluntary, partly involuntary.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 180 I call that an impure thought, whose object is material or corporeal.

1844 D. R. Hay Orig. Geom. Diaper Designs 3 Many of the kinds of ornaments called styles being themselves impure, in so far as they are destitute of the first principles of beauty.

1894 Daily News 6 Mar. 7/4 The testator died..possessed of considerable personal property, the pure personalty amounting to 25,000l., and the impure to 3,500l.

1895 W. H. Hunt in Daily News 14 Aug. 6/2 The nation has adopted the impure entanglements of the Art of previous races.

c. Of a language, style, etc.: Containing foreign idioms or grammatical blemishes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > corrupted

corruptc1386

barbarous1526

bauger1544

basea1549

skew1607

impure1613

corrupted1699

doggy1880

corruptible1887

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 47 By reason of their traffique, it [the language] proved impure there also.

1814 [implied in: W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXVII. 118 The translators of the Bible use the word counsellor impurely, instead of adviser. (at impurely adv.)].

d. Of a colour: Containing an admixture of some other colour or colours; also said of a spectrum when the colours overlap.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > impure or unclear

suddy1587

muddy1600

muddish1658

muddled1828

muddyish1853

impure1860

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 227 The rainbow is an imperfect or impure spectrum.

1869 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. 115 The sky-blue is gradually rendered impure by the growth of the particles.

1882 P. G. Tait in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 593/1 The spectrum produced in this way is very impure, i.e., the spaces occupied by the various homogeneous rays overlap one another.

1892 Nature 22 Sept. 485/1 ‘Impure’..may be an objectionable term to apply to a colour when mixed with white, but..it can only be used in that sense.

B. n.

An unchaste or lewd person; a harlot.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > person

harlotc1330

swiverc1440

wantonc1500

hobby-horse1598

incontinent1598

gamester1609

impure1784

1784 New Spectator No. 3. 4/2 Balloon hats now adorn the heads of..the parading impures.

1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 24 Four fashionable impures.

1830 H. Ingelo Reminisc. II. 282 The destiny of those unfortunate impures.

Derivatives

imˈpurist n. one who is not a purist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] > one who or that which is indiscriminate

confounder1739

lumper1857

impurist1937

scattershot1961

1937 V. Woolf Writer's Diary 3 Apr. (1953) 280 The purists and the impurists.

1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vi. 113 The jazz public has always been divided, but before the modernist revolution normally only into ‘purists’ and ‘impurists’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† impurev.

Etymology: < impure adj.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To render impure; to defile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)]

afileeOE

besmiteeOE

shenda950

befilec1000

bisulienc1200

defoulc1320

file1340

foilc1380

smota1387

lime1390

solwea1400

surda1400

infectc1425

filtha1450

poison?a1513

defile1530

polluve1533

inquinate1542

pollute1548

contaminate1563

bumfiddlec1595

impure1598

conspurcate1600

defoil1601

sullya1616

vilify1615

deturpate1623

impiate1623

defedate1628

dreg1628

contemerate1650

spot1741

empoison1775

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > make impure [verb (transitive)]

impure1598

impurify1693

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture.

1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 89 One drop of that wicked blood was enough..to impure, and spill all the rest.

1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus 59 To take up gold mislaid in a channell, which could not impure it.

1673 J. Caryl Nature & Princ. Love 46 Sin did impure his whole inner Man.

2. intransitive. To become impure.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > become impure [verb (intransitive)]

impurea1618

a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie lxx Pure in she [the soul] came, there living she impures And suffers there a thousand woes the while.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	impure
释义	impureadj.n. /ɪmˈpjʊə/ Etymology: < Latin impūrus, < im- (im- prefix²) + pūrus pure. Compare French impur, -e (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). A. adj. I. Not clean; defiled. 1. a. Containing some defiling or offensive matter; dirty, unclean. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] mixedc1300 pollutea1382 infectc1384 unpurea1398 fouledc1400 drossyc1420 polluteda1425 defouledc1440 dreggyc1440 feculent1471 filed1483 violate?c1500 feding1502 fly-blown1528 cankered1530 defiled1530 contagious1547 dregful1552 contaminatea1555 menstruous1560 dreggish1561 conspurcate1563 empoisoned1581 inquinated?1593 pollutionate1593 fly-bitten1598 impure1598 druggy1599 contaminated1609 transboundary1918 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture. 1647 A. Cowley Bathing in Mistress v Thou No priviledge dost know Above th' impurest streams that thither flow. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 170 The impurest fresh water that we know, is that of stagnating pools and lakes. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 103 Want of due discrimination between the effects of an impure atmosphere and of contagion. b. Not pure ceremonially; unhallowed, unclean. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > [adjective] > not uncleaneOE foulOE commonc1384 impure1623 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 140 His [sc. God's] onely command sanctifies those creatures which by a generall charge were legally impure. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 204 Their meat..if it happen that any one..should blow or breath upon it, they cast it away as impure. 1804 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 120 An honest man, by touching impure food,..will be degraded. 1815 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights (ed. 4) I. 112 Dogs, which, according to the tenets of the Mussulman religion, are impure animals. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. liv. 49 The invader, who had touched the hallowed soil with impure feet. 2. Not pure morally; defiled by sin; unclean, unchaste; filthy. a. of persons. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adjective] uncleansedeOE uncleanlyOE uncleanOE unpurec1390 unclearc1440 impure?1533 spotteda1535 unpurified1537 ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xx^v Impure and vncleane harted then are all they that studie to breake Gods commaundementes. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints sig. E4^v The wretchednes of world impure. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 140 It is then more intollerable to serve an impure fellow. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 751 Jockeys, brothellers impure, Spend~thrifts, and booted sportsmen. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. vi. 215 Those slaves impure, Each one the other thus from ill to ill did lure. b. of actions or things. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > [adjective] > specifically of things, actions, or thoughts foullyeOE uncleanOE lairya1340 violate?c1500 unracked1581 muddy1600 impure1613 unrinsed1620 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 66 Astrologie, which..he defiled with impure Magicke. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 746 Defaming as impure what God declares Pure. View more context for this quotation 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 584 The temple of impure delight. 1864 J. Walker Faithf. Ministry 103 We fill the hearts of others with impure desires. II. Affected or contaminated by admixture. 3. Mixed with or containing some extraneous or foreign matter, esp. of an inferior or baser kind; contaminated, adulterated. a. Of things physical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > not freed from inferior matter unfinec1400 unfined1568 unrefined1588 impure1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §98 The Oyly, Crude, Pure, Impure, Fine, Grosse Parts of Bodies, and the like. 1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory ix. 226 In this Manner are extracted from Roses..the three impure Parts Phlegm, Water, and Cap. Mort. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 317 Another cove..which affords a greyish impure steatites, spotted with black. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 370 Impure mercury also soils white paper, and the presence of lead may be detected by agitating the metal with water. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 114 The catechuic acid obtained in this way was still impure. b. Of things immaterial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > not freed from inferior matter > of things immaterial impure1704 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 179 That [act of the will] may be said to be impure or mixt, partly voluntary, partly involuntary. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 180 I call that an impure thought, whose object is material or corporeal. 1844 D. R. Hay Orig. Geom. Diaper Designs 3 Many of the kinds of ornaments called styles being themselves impure, in so far as they are destitute of the first principles of beauty. 1894 Daily News 6 Mar. 7/4 The testator died..possessed of considerable personal property, the pure personalty amounting to 25,000l., and the impure to 3,500l. 1895 W. H. Hunt in Daily News 14 Aug. 6/2 The nation has adopted the impure entanglements of the Art of previous races. c. Of a language, style, etc.: Containing foreign idioms or grammatical blemishes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > corrupted corruptc1386 barbarous1526 bauger1544 basea1549 skew1607 impure1613 corrupted1699 doggy1880 corruptible1887 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 47 By reason of their traffique, it [the language] proved impure there also. 1814 [implied in: W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXXVII. 118 The translators of the Bible use the word counsellor impurely, instead of adviser. (at impurely adv.)]. d. Of a colour: Containing an admixture of some other colour or colours; also said of a spectrum when the colours overlap. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > impure or unclear suddy1587 muddy1600 muddish1658 muddled1828 muddyish1853 impure1860 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 227 The rainbow is an imperfect or impure spectrum. 1869 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. 115 The sky-blue is gradually rendered impure by the growth of the particles. 1882 P. G. Tait in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 593/1 The spectrum produced in this way is very impure, i.e., the spaces occupied by the various homogeneous rays overlap one another. 1892 Nature 22 Sept. 485/1 ‘Impure’..may be an objectionable term to apply to a colour when mixed with white, but..it can only be used in that sense. B. n. An unchaste or lewd person; a harlot. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > person harlotc1330 swiverc1440 wantonc1500 hobby-horse1598 incontinent1598 gamester1609 impure1784 1784 New Spectator No. 3. 4/2 Balloon hats now adorn the heads of..the parading impures. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 24 Four fashionable impures. 1830 H. Ingelo Reminisc. II. 282 The destiny of those unfortunate impures. Derivatives imˈpurist n. one who is not a purist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] > one who or that which is indiscriminate confounder1739 lumper1857 impurist1937 scattershot1961 1937 V. Woolf Writer's Diary 3 Apr. (1953) 280 The purists and the impurists. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene vi. 113 The jazz public has always been divided, but before the modernist revolution normally only into ‘purists’ and ‘impurists’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † impurev. Etymology: < impure adj. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To render impure; to defile. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)] afileeOE besmiteeOE shenda950 befilec1000 bisulienc1200 defoulc1320 file1340 foilc1380 smota1387 lime1390 solwea1400 surda1400 infectc1425 filtha1450 poison?a1513 defile1530 polluve1533 inquinate1542 pollute1548 contaminate1563 bumfiddlec1595 impure1598 conspurcate1600 defoil1601 sullya1616 vilify1615 deturpate1623 impiate1623 defedate1628 dreg1628 contemerate1650 spot1741 empoison1775 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > make impure [verb (transitive)] impure1598 impurify1693 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 46 b/1 We then sowe a cleane white Compresse on the impured compresse, and then we draw away the impure compresse from vnder the Fracture. 1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 89 One drop of that wicked blood was enough..to impure, and spill all the rest. 1641 Bp. J. Hall Short Answer Vindic. Smectymnuus 59 To take up gold mislaid in a channell, which could not impure it. 1673 J. Caryl Nature & Princ. Love 46 Sin did impure his whole inner Man. 2. intransitive. To become impure. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > become impure [verb (intransitive)] impurea1618 a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie lxx Pure in she [the soul] came, there living she impures And suffers there a thousand woes the while. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.?1533v.1598
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