Meanings
comparative more unpurified · superlative most unpurified
- Not purified; impure.
There are records of bitter village conflicts in which Pande families were denied the right to bury their dead in the village cemetery because the families did not obtain holy water from pedandas, and the villagers said the unpurified bodies would contaminate the cemetery.
1990, Fred B. Eiseman, Jr., Bali: Sekala and Niskala, Tuttle Publishing, page 80
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot made pure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpurified
- Englishunpurified
Translations
Dutch ongezuiverd
- ongezuiverdnot purified, impure
German ungereinigt
- ungereinigtnot purified, impure
Greek αλαγάριστος
- αλαγάριστος (alagáristos)not purified, impure
Cite this entry
unpurified. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpurified
“unpurified.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpurified. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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