Pristine
['prɪstiːn;-staɪn] or ['prɪstin]
Definition
(adj.) immaculately clean and unused; 'handed her his pristine white handkerchief' .
(adj.) completely free from dirt or contamination; 'pristine mountain snow' .
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Definition
(a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval, primordial, first.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PRIMEVAL_and_PRIMITIVE]
Editor: Meredith
Definition
adj. as at first: former: belonging to the earliest time: ancient.
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Examples
- The apartments were restored to their pristine splendour, and the park, all disrepairs restored, was guarded with unusual care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The cleaning frolic over, matters begin to resume their pristine appearance. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But although the bodily powers of the great man were thus impaired, his mental energies retained their pristine vigour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My only excuse for thus transforming them, is that they were unintelligible in their pristine condition. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The town in its pristine prime was a great lumber centre, and hummed with the industry of numerous sawmills. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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