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Definition: Pureness |
PurenessNoun1. Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pureness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Synonym: PurenessSynonym: purity (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: impurity (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pureness |
| Specialty definitions using "pureness": Pearls. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shiseido pureness | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pureness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فصاحة (eloquence, fluency, rhetoric), نقاء (lucidity, purity, rarity), عفة (chastity, prudery, righteousness, sagacity, virtue), طهارة (asepsis, candor, candour, chastity, honor, honour, innocence, prudery, purgation, purification, purity, refinement, righteousness, saintliness, tidiness, virtue), طهر (circumcise, decontaminate, depurate, disinfect, exorcise, exorcize, mop up, purge, purify, rid, sanitize, scour, show, sterilize, sweeten), صفاء (clarity, fineness, lucidity, purity, serenity), براءة (diploma, exculpation, guiltlessness, honesty, innocence, primitiveness, rescript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pureté (purity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Reinheit (chasteness, chastity, cleanliness, cleanness, clearness, immaculateness, purity, sweetness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγνότησ (immaculateness, purity), αγνότητα (chastity, immaculateness, purity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קיון (cleanliness, neatness, purity, sterility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | purezza (chastity, cleanliness, purity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urenesspay чистота (clarity, cleanliness, cleanness, fineness, immaculacy, order, purity, sereneness). (various references) ความบริสุทธิ์ (purity, sincerity). (various references) sự trong trắng (chastity, immaculacy, immaculateness, virginhood, virginity, whiteness), sự trong sạch (purity), sự trong, sự tinh khiết sự thanh khiết, sự thuần khiết (purity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Agapa kurioV osiaV kardiaV dektoi de autw panteV amwmoi ceilesin poimainei basileuV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui diligit cordis munditiam propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who looueth clennesse of herte, for the grace of his lippis shal han the king frend. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 11 |
| Chinese | 喜 愛 清 心 的 人 、 他 嘴 上 的 恩 言 、 王 必 與 他 為 友 。 |
| Croatian | Jahve ljubi èisto srce, i tko je ljubeznih usana, kralj mu je prijatelj. |
| Danish | HERREN elsker den rene af Hjertet; med Ynde på Læben er man Kongens Ven. |
| Dutch | Die de reinheid des harten liefheeft, wiens lippen aangenaam zijn, diens vriend is de koning. |
| Finnish | Joka sydämen puhtautta rakastaa, jolla on suloiset huulet, sen ystävä on kuningas. |
| French | Celui qui aime la pureté du coeur, Et qui a la grâce sur les lèvres, a le roi pour ami. |
| German | Wer ein treues Herz und liebliche Rede hat, des Freund ist der König. |
| Hungarian | A ki szereti a szívnek tisztaságát, beszéde kedvesség: annak barátja a király. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang menyukai ketulusan dan yang manis bicaranya, akan menjadi sahabat raja. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Barangsiapa yang suci hatinya, ia itu dikasihi raja dan yang petah lidah, ia itulah sahabatnya. |
| Italian | Il Signore ama chi è puro di cuore e chi ha la grazia sulle labbra è amico del re. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata e matenui ana ki te ngakau ma, ko te kingi he hoa mona, mo te ahuareka o ona ngutu. |
| Norwegian | Den som elsker hjertets renhet, og hvis tale er tekkelig, han har kongen til venn. |
| Portuguese | O que ama a pureza do coração, e que tem graça nos seus lábios, terá por seu amigo o rei. |
| Rumanian | Cine iubewte curqyia inimii, wi are bunqvoinya pe buze, este prieten cu kmpqratul. - |
| Russian | лФП МА'ЙФ ЮЙУФПФХ УЕТ""Б, Х ФПЗП ТЙСФОПУФШ ОБ ХУФБИ, ФПНХ "БТШ--"ТХЗ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pureness": purenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pureness": impureness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pureness": impurenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Pureness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pagenses, poreless, porenes, prunuses, Psusennes, pureens, purines, pyreness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pureness" (pronounced 'Pure"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-n-p-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: ensures, peruses. | |
-2 letters: ensues, ensure, enures, nurses, perses, peruse, preens, prunes, purees, purses, reuses, rupees, sneers, speers, spense, sprees, sprues, spurns, supers. | |
-3 letters: ensue, enure, ernes, erses, neeps, nurse, peens, peers, penes, perse, preen, prees, prese, press, prune, puree, purse, puses, reuse, runes, rupee, ruses, seeps, seers, sense, seres, sneer, speer, spree, sprue. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-n-p-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: suspender, suspenser, unpressed, unspheres. | |
+2 letters: impureness, purenesses, spelunkers, spruceness, superbness, supergenes, supervenes, suspenders, suspensers, unripeness. | |
+3 letters: aponeuroses, houseperson, profuseness, pursinesses, putrescines, septenarius, superagents, superliners, superperson, superplanes, superseding, supersinger, supremeness, suspendered, underpasses, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressured, unprocessed, unprofessed, unrepressed. | |
+4 letters: abruptnesses, counterposes, counterspies, countersteps, grumpinesses, guttersnipes, houseparents, housepersons, impurenesses, perilousness, persecutions, perviousness, porousnesses, preciousness, previousness, pridefulness, pronucleuses, putrescences, repercussion, sprucenesses, superalterns, superbnesses, supercenters, superhardens, superinduces, superinfects, superintends, supernatures, superpersons, supersensory, supersession, supersingers, supersurgeon, supertankers, superweapons, suspensories, underexposes, unexpressive, unimpressive, unpersuasive, unresponsive, unripenesses, unsupervised, uprootedness, upwardnesses. | |
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