英语
词源
源自中古英语 immaculat,源自拉丁语 immaculātus。前缀im- (“不”) + maculātus,maculō (“玷污,弄脏”)的完成时被动分词,源自macula (“污渍,污点”)。参见mail。
取代了本土词unwemmed (“纯净的,未被污染的”)。
发音
形容词
immaculate(比较级 more immaculate,最高级 most immaculate)
- 纯洁的,无瑕的,纯净的
- Template:RQ:Denham Sophy
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare,“The life and death of King Richard the Second”,出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio),London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,出版年份1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:
- Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- (动物学) 无斑点的,无印记的
衍生词汇
- Immaculate Conception
- immaculately
- immaculateness
- immaculism
拉丁语
分词
immaculāte