IMPURE, IMPURITY
ADJECTIVES
► HORY foul; impure; unclean; dirty → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► IMMUND unclean, impure; filthy, foul → 1621
► MUDDY sinful; morally impure or corrupt; of questionable morality → 1600
► SMUTTY indecent, immodest, impure, obscene, bawdy → 1668
► UNCLEANLY impure; morally or spiritually corrupt → 1340
► VENUS impure, immoral → 1821 Sc.
NOUNS
► DUNG that which is morally corrupting, impure, or degrading; something vile, contemptible, or loathsome → 1225
► FEDITY foulness, impurity, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical → 1542 obs.
► GALL filth, impurity → a1300 obs.
► IMMUNDICITY uncleanness, impurity; filthiness → 1530 obs.
► IMMUNDITY uncleanness, filthiness, impurity → 1870
VERBS
► DEPURE to free from impurities, to purge → a1400-50 obs.
► POLLUTE 1. to make morally impure; to violate the purity or sanctity of; to profane or desecrate; to corrupt, to sully → a1382
2. to make physically impure, foul, or filthy; to dirty, to stain, to taint → 1548
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