immaculate

UK: /ɪˈmækjʊlət/ US: /ɪˈmækjəlɪt/ ,(i mak′yə lit)

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im•mac•u•late /ɪˈmækyəlɪt/   adj. 

1. free from stain;
   clean:
   immaculate linen.
2. free from errors:
   an immaculate text.

im•mac•u•late•ly, adv. 
im•mac•u•late•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

im•mac•u•late  (i mak′yə lit), adj. 

1. free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean:
   immaculate linen.
2. free from moral blemish or impurity;
   pure;
   undefiled.
3. free from fault or flaw;
   free from errors:
   an immaculate text.
4. Biology having no spots or colored marks;
   unicolor.

• Latin immaculātus unspotted. See im-², maculate
• late Middle English 1400–50

im•mac•u•la•cy  (i mak′yə lə sē), im•mac′u•late•ness, n.  im•mac•u•late•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 2. irreproachable, blameless, unimpeachable, unexceptionable.

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immaculate / ɪˈmækjʊlɪt/ adjective

1. completely clean; extremely tidy: his clothes were immaculate
2. completely flawless, etc: an immaculate rendering of the symphony
3. morally pure; free from sin or corruption
4. of only one colour, with no spots or markings

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin immaculātus, from im- (not) + macula blemish

imˈmaculacy, imˈmaculateness noun

imˈmaculately adverb