pristine
Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
Adjective
- Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup.
- Fire fueled with gasoline Life is beautiful, the world is pristine We have been bound unseen The walls of existence remain unclean - 2020, “Solace and Serenity”, in Slow Decay (Metalcore, Deathcore), performed by The...
Synonyms: immaculate spotless unsullied unspoiled pure untouched
- Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
- Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her...
- Perfect.
Origin
From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.
Forms
Derived
pristinely pristineness repristinate repristination unpristine
Adjective Entry 2
- Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
- This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains...
Origin
From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “saw, sawfish”).