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impurity

/ˌɪmˈpjʊɹəti/im-PYUU-ruh-tee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˌɪmˈpjʊɹəti/im-PYUU-ruh-tee

Meaningbeing impure

Common meaning: something that makes a thing unclean or mixed

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‘in, into’ + ‘clean, unmixed’ → impurity

Journey through time

  1. Latinimpurus‘not clean’source
  2. Frenchimpur‘impure’source
  3. Englishimpure‘mixed with something unwanted’
  4. Englishformed in English from impureimpurity‘something that makes a thing unclean or mixed’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from impure + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IMPURE, p.285 · scan

Roots

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