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immaculate

Syllabification: (im·mac·u·late)
Pronunciation: /iˈmakyəlit/
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Definition of immaculate

adjective

  • (especially of a person or their clothes) perfectly clean, neat, or tidy:an immaculate white suit
  • free from flaws or mistakes; perfect:an immaculate safety record
  • Theology (in the Roman Catholic Church) free from sin.
  • Botany & Zoology uniformly colored without spots or other marks.

Derivatives

immaculacy

Pronunciation: /-ləsē/
noun

immaculately

adverb

immaculateness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'free from moral stain'): from Latin immaculatus, from in- 'not' + maculatus 'stained' (from macula 'spot')

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