PRISTINE

pristine

(adjective) immaculately clean and unused; “handed her his pristine white handkerchief”

pristine

(adjective) completely free from dirt or contamination; “pristine mountain snow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

Perfect.

Etymology 2

Adjective

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.

Anagrams

• Petrinis, spiriten

Source: Wiktionary


Pris"tine, a. Etym: [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F. pristin. See Prior, a.]

Definition: Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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