See Also: patri-(dictionary)
Impure(medicine)
impure(dictionary)
impure(dictionary)
impure flutter(medicine)

patri- (iou) and impure (iou)


patri- (iou)



patri- combining form.
[from Latin patr-, pater FATHER noun: see -I-.]
Forming nouns and adjectives, esp. in Anthropology & Sociology, with the sense '(of or pertaining to) social organization defined by male dominance or relationship through the male line'.
patriclan noun a patrilineal clan M20.
patri'lateral adjective (esp. of Marriage between cousins) pertaining to or designating a relationship in which a father and one of his siblings or Other relatives are both involved as parents M20.
patripo'testal adjective (Sociology) characterized by the Exercise of authority in a household by a father E20.

impure (iou)



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.