unspotted en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From un- + spotted.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not having spots.
The albino leopard was quite remarkable, as it was completely unspotted.
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(not-comparable) Unseen.
Despite the watchful nature of the passing gazelles, the leopard lay unspotted under the bush.
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Without stains or blots; sinless.
Pure religion and vndefiled before God and the Facher, is this, to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their affliction, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted from the world.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:27:[A]lthough thou beeſt blameleſs and unſpotted as to thy outvvard Life and Converſation, ſo that none can ſay, black is thine Eye, as to any groſs Sin; yet knovv, that God pondereth thy Heart, and ranſacketh every Corner of thy Soul, and obſerves the Motions of thoſe very Luſts that vvar vvithin thee, and prevail againſt thee.
a. 1709 (date delivered), William Beveridge, “Sermon LXXXV. Repentance, a Certain, and the Only Method of Obtaining Pardon.”, in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. William Beveridge, Late Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. […], volume II, London: […] William Taylor, […], published 1720, →OCLC, page 69: