unadulterated en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English adulterated English unadulterated From un- + adulterated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.
In the works of nature we find, in many instances, beauty and sublimity involved among circumstances, which are either indifferent, or which obstruct the general effect: and it is only by a train of experiments, that we can separate those circumstances from the rest... Accordingly, the inexperienced artist, when he copies nature, will copy her servilely... and the beauties of his performances will be encumbered with a number of superfluous or disagreeable concomitants. Experience and observation alone can enable him to make this determination: to exhibit the principles of beauty pure and unadulterated, and to form a creation of his own, more faultless, than ever fell under the observation of his senses.
1808, Dugald Stewart, Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, pages 315–6:
- (not-comparable) Utter or out-and-out, especially in the phrase unadulterated truth.
Deriveds
unadulteratedness · unadulteratedly
Translations (42)
gv neuvestit (pure) · cmn 真真正正 (pure) · es inadulterado (pure) · cmn 正正當當 /正正当当 (pure) · nl onversneden (pure) · cmn 實實在在 /实实在在 (pure) · el αμιγής (pure) · cmn 名副其實 /名副其实 (pure) · cmn 真實不假 /真实不假 (pure) · cmn 堂堂正正 (pure) · cmn 純正妥當 /纯正妥当 (pure) · sv oblandad (pure) · cmn 真正切實 /真正切实 (pure) · cmn 純正真確 /纯正真确 (pure) · pl czysty (pure) · de vollkommen (utter or out-and-out) · cmn 純正非偽 /纯正非伪 (pure) · cmn 真真切切 (pure) · cmn 真實不虛 /真实不虚 (pure) · ota ساده (pure) · es no adulterado (pure) · de total (utter or out-and-out) · la inadulteratus (pure) · cmn 確確實實 /确确实实 (pure) · te కల్తీలేని (pure) · cmn 徹徹底底 /彻彻底底 (pure) · fi puhdas (pure) · uga 𐎉𐎅𐎗 (pure) · pl całkowity (utter or out-and-out) · cmn 名符其實 /名符其实 (pure) · es sin adulterar (pure) · no uforfalsket (pure) · pl nieskażony (pure) · cmn 真真確確 /真真确确 (pure) · cmn 純純正正 /纯纯正正 (pure) · pl absolutny (utter or out-and-out) · de unverfälscht (pure) · de durch und durch (utter or out-and-out) · cmn 真實非虛 /真实非虚 (pure) · cmn 真真實實 /真真实实 (pure) · es sin adulteración (pure) · cmn 千真萬確 /千真万确 (pure)