pristine
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/ˈpɹɪstiːn/
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/ˈpɹɪstiːn/ · /pɹɪsˈtiːn/ · /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/ · /ˈpɹɪstaɪn/ · /ˈpɹɪstɪn/ · /ˈprɪˌstin/ (US) · /prɪˈstin/ (US)
Definition of pristine
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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”
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adj
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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”
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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 pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.”
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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 elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.
Words you can make from pristine
200+ playable · top: INSPIRE (9 pts)
Best play inspire 9 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
35 words- ESPRIT 8 pts
- INSTEP 8 pts
- PERITI 8 pts
- PINIER 8 pts
- PINITE 8 pts
- PITIER 8 pts
- PITIES 8 pts
- PRIEST 8 pts
- PRINTS 8 pts
- PTERIN 8 pts
- REPINS 8 pts
- RIPENS 8 pts
- RIPEST 8 pts
- SITREP 8 pts
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- SPIRIT 8 pts
- SPRENT 8 pts
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- SPRITE 8 pts
- STRIPE 8 pts
- TIEPIN 8 pts
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- ESTRIN 6 pts
- INERTS 6 pts
- INSERT 6 pts
- INTERS 6 pts
- NITERS 6 pts
- NITRES 6 pts
- SENITI 6 pts
- SINTER 6 pts
- STRINE 6 pts
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- TRIENS 6 pts
- TRINES 6 pts
5-letter words
61 words- INEPT 7 pts
- PEINS 7 pts
- PENIS 7 pts
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4-letter words
60 words- NIPS 6 pts
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3-letter words
36 words- NIP 5 pts
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