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intemerate

[ in-tem-er-it ]

adjective

  1. inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure.


intemerate

/ ɪˈɛəɪ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    not defiled; pure; unsullied
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱ𳾱ٱ, adverb
  • ˈٱ𳾱ٱԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ٱİ·ٱ· adverb
  • ·ٱİ·ٱ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intemerate1

1485–95; < Latin Գٱ𳾱ٳܲ, equivalent to in- in- 3 + ٱ𳾱 ( re ) to violate, desecrate + -tus past participle suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intemerate1

C15: from Latin inٱ𳾱tus undefiled, pure, from in- 1+ ٱ𳾱re to darken, violate, from temere rashly
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A mutilated inscription on the throne reads: dvrantis phanen ad intemerate Virginis lavdē tercentv͞m avreis alq hvjvs templi Bono centv̄ svperaditis hanc solerti cvra fieri demandavit Matteo de Martinotiis fidei commissario procvranti mcccc 97 petrvs pervsinvs pinxit.

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"Do you suppose," said I, "That any impulse less supreme than love— Love bold to venture, but intemerate— Could bring me here—that Pity could do this?"

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Lastly, this commandment conveys the obligation to dissent from, and reject, every superstition and every error, requiring us to preserve pure and intemerate the adoration due to the Supreme Being, who, in this sense, is represented in this text as jealously watching over human actions, and a not indifferent spectator of good or evil; therefore a sure punisher of the guilty, and an eternal remunerator of him who faithfully adheres to His law.

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