impure

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) === Adjective === impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure) Not pure Containing undesired intermixtures Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality) (programming) Having side effects. ==== Synonyms ==== imperfect, tainted ==== Antonyms ==== pure ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured) (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impure”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “impure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === rumpie, umpire, Umpire == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pyʁ/ Rhymes: -yʁ === Adjective === impure feminine singular of impur == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /imˈpu.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: im‧pù‧re === Adjective === impure feminine plural of impuro == Latin == === Pronunciation === impūrē: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈpuː.reː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈpuː.re] impūre: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈpuː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈpuː.re] === Etymology 1 === ==== Adverb ==== impūrē (comparative impūrius, superlative impūrissimē) basely, shamefully, infamously impurely === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== impūre vocative masculine singular of impūrus === References === “impure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “impure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “impure”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.