Meaning

adjective free of extraneous elements of any kind

adjective without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

adjective (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

originFrom Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear,…

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