immaculate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈmækjələt/ UK /ɪˈmækjʊlət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
perfectly clean, neat, or free from flaw

The kitchen was immaculate, not a crumb out of place.

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Synonyms

1 adj · perfectly clean, neat, or... spotless pristine flawless unblemished pure clean faultless

Opposites

dirty soiled stained flawedblemished

Word family

Derived forms immaculatelyimmaculateness

Related forms maculatemaculation

Simplified etymology

Immaculate comes from Latin in- “not” and macula “spot.” Its earliest English sense was “free from moral stain”; the physical sense “spotlessly clean or neat” appeared in the mid-17th century.

Etymology

From Latin immaculatus ('unstained'), from in- ('not') + maculatus ('stained, spotted'), from macula ('spot, stain').

immaculatus Latin macula Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# immaculate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmækjələt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmækjʊlət/

## Meanings
1. perfectly clean, neat, or free from flaw

## Examples
- The kitchen was immaculate, not a crumb out of place.

## Synonyms
- spotless
- pristine
- flawless
- unblemished
- pure
- clean
- faultless

## Antonyms
- dirty
- soiled
- stained
- flawed
- blemished

## Derived Forms
- immaculately
- immaculateness

## Related Forms
- maculate
- maculation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: immaculatus
- Root: macula

## Etymology
From Latin immaculatus ('unstained'), from in- ('not') + maculatus ('stained, spotted'), from macula ('spot, stain').

## AI Etymology
Immaculate is from Latin immaculatus ('unstained'), from in- ('not') + maculatus ('stained, spotted'), from macula ('spot, stain'). Important recorded forms include immaculatus (Latin) and macula (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers perfectly clean, neat, or free from flaw. The wider family includes derived forms such as immaculately and immaculateness and related words such as maculate and maculation.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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