unsmutchedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective]
cleanc897
fair?c1225
netc1330
cleanly1340
unspotted1382
blotless?a1400
unwemmeda1400
spotlessc1400
neat1494
unblotted1548
unstained1555
stainlessa1586
exempt1586
unsoiledc1592
undefiled1596
unsullied1598
dirtlessa1618
immaculatea1631
innocent1645
unsmeared1648
unsmutched1809
speckless1827
spandy-clean1838
unblackened1864
soilless1868
smudgeless1924
clinical1932
squeaky clean1975
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, qualities, etc.
fairOE
unblendedc1340
unspotted1455
unviolated1555
uncorrupted1571
unattainted1597
uninfected1628
unvitiateda1637
unsullied1659
unabused1661
unadulterate1664
candid1667
unwarped1744
unspecked1781
unblenched1813
unsunned1843
unattaint1850
unsubverted1872
unsmutched1879
unshadowed1891
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unsmutched, not smutched.]
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. iv. 225 Purer than unsmutched snow.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand viii. 37 [The estate] came into his hands a new toy, unsmutched by any suspicion that [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1809