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im·mac·u·late

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ADJECTIVE:

Impeccably clean; spotless. See Synonyms at clean.
Free from stain or blemish; pure.
Free from fault or error: an immaculate record.
Having no markings.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English immaculat, from Latin immacultus : in-, not ; see in-¹ + macultus, past participle of maculre, to blemish (from macula, spot)

OTHER FORMS:
im·macu·late·ly(Adverb), im·macu·late·ness(Noun)

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