pureness

pure  (pyr)

adj. pur·er, pur·est

1. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.

2. Free from adulterants or impurities: pure chocolate.

3. Free of dirt, defilement, or pollution: "A memory without blot or contamination must be . . . an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment" (Charlotte Brontë).

4. Free of foreign elements.

5. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure literary style.

6. Complete; utter: pure folly.

7. Having no faults; sinless: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).

8. Chaste; virgin.

9. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.

10. Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.

11. Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.

12. Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.

13. Theoretical: pure science.

14. Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.

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[Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin prus; see peu- in Indo-European roots.]

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purely adv.

pureness n.

Synonyms: pure, absolute, sheer², simple, unadulterated
These adjectives mean free of extraneous elements: pure gold; absolute oxygen; sheer alcohol; a simple substance; unadulterated coffee.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pureness - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material purity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" plainness - the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
	2.	pureness - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil sinlessness, whiteness, innocence, purity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" cleanness - without moral defects
	3.	pureness - a woman's virtue or chastity purity, honor, honour sexual morality, chastity, virtue - morality with respect to sexual relations

Translations

pureness [ˈpjʊənɪs] N → pureza f