pristine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.

As was its pristine splendour, so now is its overthrow. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
Not pristine, but certainly not mad men with a record of making outlandish capricious claims. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
But although the bodily powers of the great man were thus impaired, his mental energies retained their pristine vigour. — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens

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