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Pristine definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIS'TINE, a. [L. pristinus. See Prior and Proe.]original; primitive; as the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; the pristine constitution of things.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: completely free from dirt or contamination; "pristine mountain snow"
2: immaculately clean and unused; "handed her his pristine white handkerchief"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin pristinus; akin to Latin prior Date: 1534 1. belonging to the earliest period or state ; original <the hypothetical pristine lunar atmosphere> 2. a. not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization) ; pure <a pristine forest> b. fresh and clean as or as if new <pristine hard-backs in uniform editions to fill our built-in bookcases — Michiko Kakutani> • pristinely adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 in its original condition; unspoilt. 2 disp. spotless; fresh as if new. 3 ancient, primitive. Etymology: L pristinus former

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pristine Pris"tine, a. [L. pristinus, akin to prior: cf. F. pristin. See Prior, 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Pristine things are extremely clean or new. (FORMAL) Now the house is in pristine condition. = immaculate ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Primitive, primary, original, ancient, old, former, primeval, primordial, first.

Moby Thesaurus

aboriginal, ancestral, angelic, antepatriarchal, artless, atavistic, autochthonous, basal, basic, blameless, bright, callow, central, chaste, childlike, clear, crucial, dewy, dovelike, earliest, elemental, elementary, embryonic, ever-new, evergreen, extra, faultless, first, firsthand, fledgling, fresh, fundamental, generative, genetic, germinal, green, guiltless, harmless, held back, held in reserve, held out, humanoid, immaculate, immature, in abeyance, in embryo, in hand, in ovo, in the clear, in the raw, inartificial, incorrupt, initial, innocent, intact, inviolate, lamblike, maiden, maidenly, mint, native, natural, neoteric, nestling, new, not guilty, offenseless, original, patriarchal, preadamite, preglacial, pregnant, prehistoric, prehuman, prelapsarian, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, primoprimitive, primordial, protogenic, protohistoric, protohuman, pure, put aside, put by, radical, raw, reproachless, reserve, rudimentary, sans reproche, saved, scatheless, seminal, sempervirent, sinless, spare, spotless, stored, suspended, to spare, unapplied, unbeaten, unbroken, unbruised, unconsumed, uncorrupted, undamaged, undefaced, undefiled, undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, undeveloped, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unfaded, unfallen, unfledged, unhandled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unlapsed, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unpolluted, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unspent, unspoiled, unsullied, untapped, untarnished, untorn, untouched, untouched by evil, untried, untrodden, unused, unutilized, unwithered, unworn, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, with clean hands, without reproach, young