incontaminate
English
Etymology
Latin incontaminatus. See in- (“not”), and contaminate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪŋkənˈtæmɪnət/
Adjective
incontaminate (comparative more incontaminate, superlative most incontaminate)
- (archaic) Not contaminated; pure.
- 1664, H[enry] More, “[The Apology of Dr. Henry More, […].] Chapter X.”, in Synopsis Prophetica; or, The Second Part of the Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity: […], London: […] James Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC, page 563:
- Ye that phanſy your ſelves the onely Zelots for truth and holineſs, the onely found and incontaminate part of our Nation, but the National Church ſick and crazy; if it vvere ſo indeed, vvhere is your Charity, and hovv little your Diſcretion, to run out of the houſe novv your Mother lies thus on her ſick-bed?
References
- “incontaminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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