unstainableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > staining > [adjective] > able to be stained > not
unstainable1584
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > undefilable or incorruptible
impravable1542
unblemishable1606
intemerable1657
uncontaminable1657
incorruptible1667
undefilable1855
unstainable1864
1584 T. Lodge Delect. Hist. Forbonius & Prisceria (Shaks. Soc.) 96 Alas, unfortunate Ægyptian! whose faithful affections are so immutable, as thy naturall colour is unstainable.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. i. 502 The unstainable fidelity of Weingarten Senior.
1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Mem. Introd. p. xxii/1 A pure white life unstained and unstainable as the light.
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adj.1584- accost
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