impure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective combined with extraneous elements
adjective (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
adjective having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; ; -Leviticus 11:3

From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.

If it is of small capacity, or contracted, the tones are impure and nasal. — The Ontario High School Reader, Aletta E. Marty
“Can I receive that pure liquid into an impure vessel and judge of its purity? — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
He assures them that their last sample is impure and quite useless for his present purpose. — The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson

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