unwemmed

Middle English

Etymology

From un- +‎ wemmed, past participle of wemmen (“to blemish, spoil, wound”).

Adjective

unwemmed

untainted, pure
- c. 1387, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Man of Law's Tale", Canterbury Tales
  Þe þeef fil over bord al sodeynly, / And in þe see he dreynte for vengeance; / And þus haþ Crist unwemmed kept Custance.

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