PURE

(adj.) (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
synonyms : saturated
(adj.) (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
"I felt pure and sweet as a new baby", "pure as the driven snow"
(adj.) free of extraneous elements of any kind
"pure air and water", "pure gold", "pure primary colors", "the violin's pure and lovely song", "pure tones", "pure oxygen"
(adj.) in a state of sexual virginity
"pure and vestal modesty", "a spinster or virgin lady", "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
synonyms : vestal , virgin , virginal , virtuous
(adj.) concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
"pure science"
(adj.) free from discordant qualities
(adj.) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool", "a complete coward", "a consummate fool", "a double-dyed villain", "gross negligence", "a perfect idiot", "pure folly", "what a sodding mess", "stark staring mad", "a thoroughgoing villain", "utter nonsense", "the unadulterated truth"
synonyms : arrant , complete , consummate , double-dyed , everlasting , gross , perfect , sodding , staring , stark , thoroughgoing , unadulterated , utter
He's a consummate fool. -added by naila_inlas
Bob dismissed the rumours as arrant nonsense. -added by BagomboSnuffbox

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