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impure adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin impurus, formed as IM-2 + purus pure.]
A. adjective.
Containing some offensive matter; dirty. LME.
b. Not ceremonially pure; unhallowed. E17.
Not morally pure; defiled by sin; lewd; unchaste. M16.
Mixed with or containing some foreign matter, esp. of an inferior kind; contaminated, adulterated. E17.
b. Mixed in style; (of a language etc.) containing foreign idioms, grammatical blemishes, or imprecise terminology. E17.
c. Of a colour: containing a mixture of another colour. M19.
b. noun. An unchaste or lewd person. Now rare. L18.
impurely adverb E17.
impureness noun M16.