[pjɔː], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material
(e.g: cars can run on pure alcohol)

- (of a sound) perfectly in tune and with a clear tone
(e.g: these small cymbals produce a quiet but high pitched and very pure note)

- wholesome and untainted by immorality, especially that of a sexual nature
(e.g: our fondness for each other is pure and innocent)

- (of a subject of study) dealing with abstract concepts and not practical application
(e.g: a theoretical discipline such as pure physics)

- involving or containing nothing else but; sheer (used for emphasis)
(e.g: a shout of pure anger)

- (of a vowel) not joined with another to form a diphthong


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pur ‘pure’, from Latin purus