Hypertext Webster Gateway: "immaculate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Immaculate \Im*mac"u*late\, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not +
maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot.
See {Mail} armor.]
Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that,
Heaven did not hold One more immaculate. --Denham.
Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. --Shak.
{Immaculate conception} (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the
Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. --
{Im*mac"u*late*ly}, adv. -- {Im*mac"u*late*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
immaculate
adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate";
"in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span
kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: {speckless},
{spick-and-span}, {spic-and-span}, {spic}, {spick}, {spotless}]
2: free from stain or blemish [syn: {undefiled}]
3: without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks
impeccable French"; "timing and technique were
immaculate"; "an immaculate record" [syn: {faultless}, {impeccable}]
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