1. Sans mélange. Du vin pur.
2. Inaltéré. L'air pur.
3. Parfait. C'est un pur miracle.
4. Chaste. Des moeurs pures.
5. Désintéressé. De la recherche pure.
1. Free of extraneous elements of any kind
2. Not mixed; SYN. unmixed, undiluted.
3. Having no faults; sinless
4. Free from discordant qualities.
5. Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
6. In a state of sexual virginity; SYN. vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous.
ETYM Old Eng. shere, skere, pure, bright.
1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
2. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics.
3. Being thoroughly what it seems to be; mere; downright.
4. Straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular.
Not mixed with impurities.